Neurotransmitters, Drugs and Brain Function - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471978191 ISBN 13: 9780471978190

Publisher: Wiley, 2001

Synopsis

Neurotransmitters, Drugs and Brain Function aims to link basic aspects of the activity of neurotransmitters at the receptor and synaptic level with their role in normal brain function, disease states, and drug action. Thus, the material considers to what extent our knowledge of the central synaptic action of certain drugs can explain their possible roles in the cause of diseases and in the modes of action of drugs effective in those conditions.

It offers a working explanation of drug and neurotransmitter action in CNS function, with a clear, comprehensive, and challenging style of writing. The authors review the chemical basis for drugs and the conditions they treat. It also, includes numerous illustrations and schematic diagrams.

About this title

From the Back Cover

This book aims to cover the role of neurotransmitters, the substances released form neurons to act on neurons. It covers what they do, how they do it and how their activity is involved in brain function and affected by drugs and disease.

The contents include:
* An overview of neurotransmitter function including their release, effects on neuronal excitability and receptor interaction

* Detailed description of the synaptic physiology, pharmacology and possible brain function of each neurotransmitter with particular emphasis on acetylcholine, glutamate, GABA, noradrenaline, dopamine, 5 hydroxytryptamine and the peptides, purines, histamine, steroids and nitric oxide

* An evaluation on how the different neurotransmitters may be involved in the initiation and maintenance of certain brain disorders such as Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, schizophrenia, depression, anxiety and dementia

* A review of neurotransmitters in sleep and consciousness and in the social problems of drugs and abuse
Neurotransmitters, Drugs and Brain Function provides insights that will prove invaluable to students and researchers involved in pharmacology, neuroscience, medicine and psychology.

About the Author

Roy Webster is the editor of Neurotransmitters, Drugs and Brain Function, published by Wiley.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0471978191
• ISBN 13: 9780471978190
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 534
• Editor: Webster Roy