Robert B. Raffa

Planaria: A Model for Drug Action and Abuse (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The study of drug action has benefitted greatly from the development and use of in vivo model systems. In model systems, manipulations and observations can be more rigorously controlled and screens of novel therapeutic agents can be more safely conducted.No single model system provides all of the possible advantages. At one end, mammalian models al

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498713597
• Artikelnr.: 57896257

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