Natural and Synthetic Neurotoxins (Neuroscience Perspectives) - Hardcover

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9780123298706: Natural and Synthetic Neurotoxins (Neuroscience Perspectives)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0123298709 ISBN 13: 9780123298706

Publisher: Academic Press, 1993

This book provides an up-to-date review of plant, animal, and synthetic neurotoxins, discussing their physiological, biochemical, and pharmacological aspects with potential therapeutic applications. Specifically, the book includes coverage of the action of neurotoxins on ion channels and neuroreceptors, their use in destroying selective neuronal populations, and the clues this provides as to the underlying causes of neurodegenerative diseases.

* This volume provides an up-to-date review of plant, animal and synthetic neurotoxins. As a typical volume in Neuroscience Perspectives, the physiological, biochemical and pharmacological aspects are discussed with potential therapeutic applications. Thus the action of neurotoxins of ion channels and neuroreceptors, their use in destroying selective neuronal poppulations, and the clues this provides as to the underlying causes of neurodegenerative diseases, are covered.

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