Airways Smooth Muscle: Modelling the Asthmatic Response In Vivo /

Building on the existing titles in the "Airways Smooth Muscle" sub-series, the sixth volume explores physiological and pharmacological processes in the lung in vivo. The various animal models available for studying the bronchospasm and inflammation associated with human asthma are thorough...

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Main Author: Raeburn, D. A.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Giembycz, Mark A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel, 1996.
Series:Respiratory pharmacology and pharmacotherapy.
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Summary:Building on the existing titles in the "Airways Smooth Muscle" sub-series, the sixth volume explores physiological and pharmacological processes in the lung in vivo. The various animal models available for studying the bronchospasm and inflammation associated with human asthma are thoroughly reviewed by internationally recognised scientists. Specific chapters focus on the problems of administering drugs to animal airways, the mechanics of assessing lung function in the models, and describe in detail the species used, from rodents to primates. The use of genetically altered animals, an area of particular interest to molecular biologists, is also considered in depth. This up-to-date and extensively referenced work will prove invaluable to pharmacologists, physiologists and other biological scientists at all levels in academia and in the pharmaceutical industry.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (300 pages)
ISBN:9783034890007 (electronic bk.)
3034890001 (electronic bk.)