A pharmacology primer : theory, applications, and methods / Terry Kenakin.

By:

Kenakin, Terrence P

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0080465307
9780080465302

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Pharmacology primer.DDC classification:

615.1 22

LOC classification:

RM301.25 .K46 2006eb

NLM classification:

2007 B-068
QV 38

Online resources:

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Contents:

What is Pharmacology? -- How Different Tissues Process Drug Response -- Drug Receptor Theory -- Pharmacological Assay Formats: Binding -- Agonists: The Measurement of Affinity and Efficacy in Functional Assays -- Orthosteric Drug Antagonism -- Allosteric Drug Antagonism -- The Process of Drug Discovery -- Target- and System-based Strategies for Drug Discovery -- Hit to Drug: Lead Optimization -- Statistics and Experimental Design -- Selected Pharmacological Methods -- Glossary of Pharmacological Terms -- Appendices: -- Statistical Tables -- Mathematical Fitting Functions.

Summary: The Second Edition will continue this tradition of better preparing researchers in the basics of pharmacology. In addition, new human interest material including historical facts in pharmacology will be added. A new section on therapeutics will help readers identify with diseases and drug treatments. *Over 30 new figures and tables *More human interest information to provide readers with historical facts on pharmacology research *New section on therapeutics to help identify diseaes and drug treatments *New section on new biological concepts relevant to pharmacological research (i.e., systems biology) *New study sections organized with ASPET and other international pharmacology organizations *New coverage of pharmacokinetics and drug disposition.

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The Second Edition will continue this tradition of better preparing researchers in the basics of pharmacology. In addition, new human interest material including historical facts in pharmacology will be added. A new section on therapeutics will help readers identify with diseases and drug treatments. *Over 30 new figures and tables *More human interest information to provide readers with historical facts on pharmacology research *New section on therapeutics to help identify diseaes and drug treatments *New section on new biological concepts relevant to pharmacological research (i.e., systems biology) *New study sections organized with ASPET and other international pharmacology organizations *New coverage of pharmacokinetics and drug disposition.