Pharmacology

Natural product chemistry has undergone an explosive growth during the latter half of the current century.

This is the first book to summarize experimental results from the new, rapidly expanding field of research into the calcium channel in cell membrane.

As in other volumes in the series, this newest volume conveys up-to-date knowledge in a clear and straightforward manner.

"e;Methods in Protein Sequence Analysis - 1988"e; - contains selected contributions on modern protein- analytical techniques as presented by speakers at the Seventh International Conference on "e;Methods in Protein Sequence Analysis"e;, held from July 3rd to July 8th, 1988 in Berlin.

Das vorliegende Buch vermittelt angehenden Ärzten, Zahnärzten, Apothekern sowie Studierenden und Angehörigen der Heilhilfsberufe einen knappen, anschaulichen und übersichtlichen Überblick über die wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Grundlagen des Gesundheitssystems.

Traditional Chinese medicine has been used for thousands of years by a large population.

Das Buch beschreibt die Diagnose, Differentialdiagnose und Therapie der "klassischen" Demenzformen (Demenz vom Alzheimertyp, senile Demenz, vaskuläre Demenz).

Die Stellung der H2-Rezeptor-Antagonisten ist - mehr als ein Jahrzehnt nach ihrer Einführung in die Therapie säurebedingter Erkrankungen - unangefochten.

In July, 1988, more than 300 scientists from 29 different countries gathered at Tiibingen, W.

Wie Physik oder Wirtschaft hat sich Medizin zu einem vernetzten Großsystem entwickelt, das der unvorbereitete ärztliche Verstand kaum übersehen und kaum steuern kann.

This volume collects the invited lectures and some selected contributions presented at the 5th International Meeting on Clinical Pharmacology in Psychiatry, which was held 26-30 June 1988 at the University of Troms0, Norway.

The development of a new antiarrhythmic drug involves many people with disparate skills.

In this compendium the clinical and pharmacological properties of Ginkgo biloba, a standardized drug and the subject of increasing worldwide interest, are closely portrayed.

Acromegaly is a relatively rare chronic disease.

Ten years have elapsed since the publication in 1978 of Vol.

Das Arzneimittel ist in den Mittelpunkt des öffentlichen Interesses gerückt.

Die Ausbreitung des Betäubungsmittelmißbrauchs (BTM) gibt seit Jahren Anlaß zur Besorgnis.

Early in 1985, a meeting was held to discuss the organization of a work- shop in honour of Professor Reinier L.

The synthetic chemistry of carbohydrates has advanced at a scarcely equalled rate in the last 25 years, due to the great interest of biologically active natural products coritaining sugar moieties.

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In OCtober 1986, recognized authorities from a variety of disciplines met in Lisbon, Portugal, to review recent knowledge on eicosanoids - i.

The following papers were presented at an international workshop on benzo- diazepine receptor ligands, memory and information processing, held during the 15th CINP meeting in Puerto Rico in December 1986 and organised by the editors and T.

The landmark description by Delay and Deniker in 1952 of chlorpromazine's effect in psychosis suddenly eclipsed all other progress in psychopharmacology over the previous centuries.

International textbooks on infectious diseases and antibacterial chemotherapy are usually written for readers in North America and Europe.

Starting in 1986, the European School of Oncology has expanded its activities in post- graduate teaching, which consisted mainly of traditional disease-orientated courses, by promoting new educational initiatives.

Calcium Entry Blockers (CEBs) are a new class of drugs which have been pushing back the frontiers of science and medicine for almost two decades.

In this book the latest data available on transduction mechanisms of drug stimuli are presented.

One of the most impressive works of scholarship in the field of experimental pharmacology has been the Heffter-Heubner Handbuch der experimentellen Pharmakologie, internationalized some years ago under the title Handbook 0/ Experimental Pharmacology and kept up to date by a series of numbered Ergiin- zungswerke or supplementary volumes which have now replaced in importance the original Handbuch.

"e;Immunopharmacology"e; , why not "e;pharmacoimmunology"e;?

This volume is based on a workshop "e;Modulation of Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity in Nervous Systems"e; held in n Ciocco, Castelvecchio, Pascoli, Italy, from September 8th to 13th, 1987.

Bei über 600 langzeitbehandelten Anfallskranken werden neben klinischen Nebenwirkungen der Antiepileptika mögliche Einflüsse auf Knochendichte, peripher- und zentralnervöse Funktionen sowie eine Vielzahl von Laborwerten einschließlich Immunoglobulinen, Hormonen, Lipiden und Vitaminen untersucht.

New principles for the treatment of diabetes are described in this volume.

This volume deals specifically with those antituberculosis drugs which passed the preclinical phase and have been or are used in the treatment of tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases (except leprosy) in at least some parts of the world.

The effect of calcium antagonists on heart muscle and blood circulation is the reason that they have found widespread clinical application for a number of years.

The aging process involves changes in neurotransmission at different levels.

The present series, "e;Bio-organic Marine Chemistry,"e; is being launched at a time when we have the fundamental knowledge and the requisite instrumentation to probe the molecular basis of many biological phenomena.

Das Interesse an pulmonalen Erkrankungen, besonders an Asthma, hat sich in den vergangenen Jahren in erheblichem Maße verstärkt, bedingt durch Hinweise auf eine zunehmende Häufigkeit derartiger Krankheitsbilder und durch die Annahme eines Zusammenhanges mit den Umweltbedingungen in der Industriegesellschaft.

Das Buch informiert über die operative und konservative Therapie sämtlicher Stadien des Harnblasenkrebses.

This supplement presents the papers submitted at the 27th meeting of the European Society of Toxicology, which was organised by the British Toxicology Society and held in Harrogate, England.

Catecholamines are important transmitter substances in the autonomic and central nervous systems.