Physiology and pharmacology of biological rhythms /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Andreotti, F., Redfern, P. H., 1942-, Lemmer, Björn
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, [1997]
Series:Handbook of experimental pharmacology ; v. 125.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The vertebrate clock : localisation, connection and entrainment
  • Regulation of cell division cycles by circadian oscillators : signal transduction between clocks
  • Genetics and molecular biology of circadian clocks
  • Chemical neuroanatomy of the mammalian circadian system
  • Chronobiology of development and aging
  • Rhythms in second messenger mechansims
  • 5-Hydroxytryptamine and noradrenaline synthesis, release and metabolism in the central nervous system : circadian rhythms and control mechanisms
  • Rhythms in pharmacokinetics; absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion
  • Progress in the chronotherapy of nocturnal asthma
  • Chronopharmacology of cardiovascular diseases
  • Chronopharmacology of anticancer agents
  • The endocrine system and diabetes
  • Gastrointestinal tract
  • The pineal gland, circadian rhythms and photoperiodism
  • Problems in interpreting the effects of drugs on circadian rhythms
  • Rhythms in retinal mechanisms
  • Circadian rhythms and depression : clinical and experimental models
  • Chronobiology and chronopharmacology of the haemopoietic system
  • Chronobiology of the haemostatic system
  • New trends in chronotoxicology
  • Chronopharmacology of H₁-receptor antagonists : experimental and clinical aspects (allergic diseases)
  • Local anaesthetics
  • Biological rhythms in pain and analgesia