The Opiate Receptors [Paperback]

This new edition covers the latest knowledge on opiate receptors and related receptor subtypes. It discusses many topics pertaining to the unique integrated approach of correlating the biochemical, physiological and pharmacological aspects of opiate reaction.

This fully revised and expanded second edition covers the latest research on opiate receptors and related receptor subtypes. It discusses topics relevant to correlating the biochemical, physiological and pharmacological aspects of opiate reaction.

This new edition covers the latest knowledge on opiate receptors and related receptor subtypes. It discusses many topics pertaining to the unique integrated approach of correlating the biochemical, physiological and pharmacological aspects of opiate reaction.Chapter 1: Youve Come a Long Way Baby!Solomon H. SnyderChapter 2: The evolution of concepts of opioid receptorsWilliam R. MartinChapter 3: Pharmacology of opioid drugsBrian M. CoxChapter 4: Opioid receptors: the early yearsGavril W. PasternakChapter 5: Endogenous opioidsIryna Berezniuk, Lloyd D. FrickerChapter 6:Molecular biology of mu opioid receptorsYing-Xian Pan, Gavril W. PasternakChapter 7: Delta Opioid ReceptorsWendy Walwyn, Fatima Macho S?nchez-Simon, Raquel Rodriguez, Christopher J. EvansChapter 8: Kappa opioid receptor gene and the regulatory mechanisms of its protein expressionLi-Na Wei, Horace H. LohChapter 9: Opioid receptor signal transduction mechanismsPing-Yee LawChapter 10: Mu opioid receptor mediated analgesia and rewardHoward L. FieldsChapter 11: Kappa opioid receptor functionJulia C. Lemos, Charles ChavkinChapter 12: Delta opioid receptor functionEdita Navratilova, Victor J. Hruby, Frank PorrecaChapter 13: Genetics of opioid receptor functions in miceMichael A. Ansonoff, Ting Wen, John E. PintarChapter 14: Opioid receptor traffickingMark VonZastrowChapter 15: Opioid receptor dimerizationRaphael Rozenfeld, Ivone Gomes, Lakshmi A. DeviChapter 16: Molecular modulation of in vivo tl8