Advances in neuropharmacology
By: edited by G. Bagetta ... [et al.].
Contributors: Workshop on Apoptosis in Biology and Medicine (2008 : Sendai (Japan))
Series: International review of neurobiology -- v. 85; International review of neurobiology -- v. 85.
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780080953861; 9780123748935
Subjects: Neuropharmacology; MEDICAL; Pharmacology
Description: This volume provides a wide overview of important new advances in the field of Neuropharmacology. In 20 chapters, contributors from all over the world are discussing topics like endocannabinoid function, pain, stress, astrocytes etc, and new possibilities for treatments of neurological diseases with neuropharmacological approaches. - Cutting edge articles in Neuropharmacology - Discusses new possibilities for treatments of neurological disorders - Very international authorship providing a global view of the state of research.
Notes: This volume incorporates peer reviewed papers from the "Workshop on Apoptosis in Biology and Medicine held in Sendai (Japan) on September 12-15, 2008, at the Tohoku Pharmaceutical University."--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Involvement of the prefrontal cortex in problem solving / Hajime Mushiake ... [et al.]; title: GluK1 receptor antagonists and hippocampal mossy fiber function / Robert Nistico   ... [et al.]; title: Monoamine transporter as a target molecule for psychostimulants / Ichiro Sora ... [et al.]; title: Targeted lipodomics as a tool to investigate endocannabinoid function / Giuseppe Astarita ... [et al.]; title: The endocannabinoid system as a target for novel anxiolytic and antidepressant drugs / ... [et al.]; title: GABA[A] receptor function and gene expression during pregnancy and postpartum / Giovanni Biggio ... [et al.]; title: Early postnatal stress and neural circuit underlying emotional regulation / Machiko Matsumoto, Mitsuhiro Yoshioka, and Hiroko Togashi; title: Roles of the histaminergic neurotransmission on methamphetamine-induced locomotor sensitization and reward: a study of receptors gene knockout mice / Naoko Takino ... [et al.]; title: Developmental exposure to cannabinoids causes subtle and enduring neurofunctional alterations / Patrizia Campolongo ... [et al.]; title: Neuronal mechanisms for pain-induced aversion: behavioral studies using a conditioned place aversion test / Masabumi Minami; title: Bv8/Prokineticins and their receptors: a new pronociceptive system / Lucia Negri ... [et al.]; title: P2Y[6]-evoked microglial phagocytosis / Kazuhide Inoue; title: PPAR and pain / Takehiko Maeda and Shiroh Kishioka; title: Involvement of inflammatory mediators in neuropathic pain caused by vincristine / Norikazu Kiguchi ... [et al.].; title: Nociceptive behavior induced by the endogenous opioid peptides dynorphins in uninjured mice: evidence with intrathecal N-ethylmaleimide inhibiting dynorphin degradation / Koichi Tan-No ... [et al.]; title: Mechanism of allodynia evoked by intrathecal morphine-3-glucuronide in mice / Takaaki Komatsu; title: (; title: )-Linalool attenuates allodynia in neuropathic pain induced by spinal nerve ligation in C57/B16 mice / Laura Berliocchi ... [et al.]; title: Intraplantar injection of bergamot essential oil into the mouse hindpaw: effects of capsaicin-induced nociceptive behaviors / Tsukasa Sakurada ... [et al.]; title: New therapy for neuropathic pain / Hirokazu Mizoguchi ... [et al.]; title: Regulated exocytosis from astrocytes: physiological and pathological related aspects / Corrado Cali  ... [et al.]; title: Glutamate release from astrocytic gliosomes under physiological and pathological conditions / Marco Milanese ... [et al.]; title: Neurotrophic and neuroprotective actions of an enhancer of ganglioside biosynthesis / Jin-Ichi Inokuchi; title: Involvement of endocannabinoid signaling int eh neuroprotective effects of subtype 1 metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonists in models of cerebral ischemia / Elisa Landucci ... [et al.]; title: NF-kappa[beta] dimers in the regulation of neuronal survival / Ilenia Sarnico ... [et al.]; title: Oxidative stress in stroke pathophysiology: validation of hydrogen peroxide metabolism as a pharmacological target to afford neuroprotection / Diana Amantea ... [et al.]; title: Role of Akt and Erk signaling in the neurogenesis following brain ischemia / Norifumi Shioda, Feng Han, and Kohji Fukunaga; title: Prevention of glutamate accumulation and upregulation of phospho-Akt may account for neuroprotection afforded by bergamot essential oil against brain injury induced by focal cerebral ischemia in rat / Dian Amantea ... [et al.]; title: Identification of novel pharmacological targets ot minimize excitotoxic retinal damage / Rossella Russo ... [et al.].