Robert B Raffa

Planaria: A Model for Drug Action and Abuse

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides background about the historical development of the state-of-the-art of research into drug action and drug abuse using planarians. It also provides insight into future possibilities for creative research into questions of other issues, such as learning and memory and regeneration.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781587063329
• ISBN-10: 1587063328
• Artikelnr.: 35635542

Autorenporträt

Raffa\, Robert B.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Planaria: Short Introduction 2. Brain and Neural Networks 3. Gene
Expression in the Brain and Central Nervous System in Planarians 4.
Catecholamines in Planaria 5. Opioids in Planaria 6. Nitric Oxide in Lower
Invertebrates 7. Second Messenger Systems in Planaria 8. Planaria as Model
in Drug Abuse Research 9. Physical Dependence and Withdrawal in Planarians
10. Drug Combinations and Isoboles 11. Analysis of Behavior in the
Planarian Model 12. The Planarian Regeneration Model as a Context for the
Study of Drug Effects and Mechanisms