Phytochemicals Signal Transduction and Neurological Disorders Phytochemicals are heterogeneous group of bioactive compounds produced by plants, which are extensively researched by scientists for their health-promoting potentials in human diseases. Unlike vitamins and minerals, p…
"In recent years our understanding of molecular mechanisms of drug action and interindividual variability in drug response has grown enormously. Meanwhile, the practice of anesthesiology has expanded to the preoperative environment and numerous locations outside the OR. Anesthet…
Pharmacology : the science of drugs -- Opioids : God's own medicine -- Marijuana : from Reefer madness to THC gummy bears -- Stimulants : from coca to caffeine -- Depressants : sedative-hypnotic-tranquilizing drugs : from errant yeast to Halcion -- Dissociative anesthetics : ang…
"Jerrold Winter offers a comprehensive account of psychoactive drugs, chemicals which influence our brains in myriad ways. Manifestations of their influence on the brain are quite varied. There may be the comfort provided by opioids to those who are dying or in pain or, in every…
Prescription, illicit, and recreational drugs touch all of our lives yet a basic understanding of these chemicals is largely absent among Americans. This book offers a comprehensive account of psychoactive drugs, chemicals which influence our brains in myriad ways.
Describes and catalogs the adverse effects of a variety of commonly prescribed and over-the-counter generic drugs and herbals used in neurology or having neurological side effects. This practical pocket reference is a useful resource for physicians in the field.
Describing and cataloguing the adverse effects of commonly-prescribed and over-the-counter generic drugs and herbals used in neurology, this text looks at an extensive range of reactions from more than 260 generic and over 1,000 trade-name drugs.
"This new volume, Advances in Neuropharmacology: Drugs and Therapeutics, provides a comprehensive overview of the drugs that act on the central and peripheral nervous systems. It thoroughly describes the diseases that are associated with the nervous system and drugs used their t…
"This new volume, Advances in Neuropharmacology: Drugs and Therapeutics, provides a comprehensive overview of the drugs that act on the central and peripheral nervous systems. It thoroughly describes the diseases that are associated with the nervous system and drugs used their t…