Ion Channels Down Under, Volume 79 provides up-to-date information on ion channel pharmacology, their pharmacological modulators, and role in a diverse range of poorly treated medical conditions. Contributors include prominent scientists and highly-recognized experts with major accomplishments in the field of ion channel pharmacology. Topics covered include the role of ion channels in health and disease, ion channels as therapeutic targets and the molecular pharmacology of ion channels. Provides a must read book on ion channel pharmacologyContains up-to-date information on a number of ion channels, their pharmacological modulators, and their role in a diverse range of poorly treated medical conditionsContains contributions from prominent scientists and highly-recognized experts with major accomplishments in the field INDICE: 1. GABA receptors Mary Collins 2. Acid-sensing ion channel pharmacology, past, present and future Lachlan Rash 3. Sodium channels and venom peptide pharmacology Irina Vetter 4. The promiscuity of TRPV4: a key integrator of pathways leading to neurogenic inflammation Nic Velduis 5. Genetically targeted calcium sensors as probe to assess the role of calcium channels in disease and for high throughput drug discovery Greg Monteith 6. TRPV1 in blood malignancies Murray Adams 7. Structural Diversity of Bioactive Peptides from Australian Venomous Animals Mehdi Mobli 8. Glycine receptor drug discovery Joe Lynch 9. Voltage-gated sodium channel pharmacology - insights from molecular dynamics simulations Ben Corry 10. Physiology/Pharmacology of Ryanodine Receptor ion channels in the heart and skeletal muscle Angela Dulhunty 11. Ion channels and receptors signalling visceral pain Stuart M. Brierley
- ISBN: 978-0-12-810413-2
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 312
- Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2017
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés