Planaria
Subtitle: a model for drug action and abuse
By: [edited by] Robert B. Raffa, Scott M. Rawls.
Contributors: Raffa, Robert B.; Rawls, Scott M.
Series: Molecular biology intelligence unit; Molecular biology intelligence unit (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Landes Bioscience
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Austin, Tex
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781587063329
Subjects: Planaria -- Effect of drugs on; Planaria as laboratory animals; Pharmacology, Experimental; Drug abuse -- Research -- Methodology; Planarians -- drug effects; Models, Animal; Planarians -- physiology; Substance-Related Disorders
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Planaria : short introduction / Robert B. Raffa; title: Brain and neural networks / Kaneyasu Nishimura ... [et al.]; title: Gene expression in the brain and central nervous system in planarians / Katsuhiko Mineta, Kazuho Ikeo and Takashi Gojobori; title: Catecholamines in planaria / Antonio Carolei, Irene Ciancarelli and Giorgio Venturini; title: Opioids in planaria / Antonio Carolei, Marco Colasanti and Giorgio Venturini; title: Nitric oxide in lower invertebrates / Marco Colasanti and Giorgio Venturini; title: Second messenger systems in planaria / Scott M. Rawls; title: Planaria as model in drug abuse research / Robert B. Raffa; title: Physical dependence and withdrawal in planarians / Robert B. Raffa; title: Drug combinations and isoboles / Ronald J. Tallarida; title: Analysis of behavior in the planarian model / Cindy L. Nicolas, Charles I. Abramson and Michael Levin; title: The planarian regeneration model as a context for the study of drug effects and mechanisms / Nøstor J. Oviedo and Michael Levin.