Earl Usdin

Daniel H. Efron

Psychotropic Drugs and Related Compounds

Catecholamines: Basic and Clinical Frontiers is a collection of papers that discusses clinical problems related to this series of compounds which includes dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine. One paper discusses the role of biogenic amines in several mental disorders, such as senile dementia, schizophrenia, chronic alcoholism, and affective disorders. Another paper describes that in studies of mice, the number of neurotransmitter-specific neurons is under a genetic control and can be a significant determinant of species-dependent variation in brain chemistry, nuclear organization, drug responses, and spontaneous behavior. One paper investigates if prostaglandins can directly alter the release or reuptake of catecholamines in the central nervous system, as well as their action upon the disposition of different metabolites of dopamine and norepinephrine in brain perfusate. The effects of several drugs on shock elicited fighting in rats show no significant aspects with amphetamine, apomorphine, phenoxybenzamine or phentolamine. The use of clonidine and propranolol shows a significant inhibition of fighting, while low doses of piperoxane exhibits a marked increase in fighting behavior. The collection can prove beneficial for pharmacologists, biochemists, micro-biologists, cellular researchers, and academicians involved in the study of physiology or neuroendocrinology.

Proceedings of the Fourth International Catecholamine Symposium, Pacific Grove, California, September 17-22, 1978

Catecholamines: Basic and Clinical Frontiers

Israel Hanin

Biological Markers in Psychiatry and Neurology is a collection of papers that details the advancement in the understanding of the biological markers that stems from psychiatric and neurological pathologies. The text first covers topics about various biological markers, such as neurochemical, enzymatic, membrane, receptors, endocrine, and physiological. Next, the selection examines the relationship between alcohol abuse and biological papers. The next part covers the genetic aspects of biological markers. The text also deals with use of tomography and modeling theory. The book will be of great use to students, researchers, and practitioners of neurology and psychiatry. Psychologists will also benefit from the text.

Proceedings of a Conference Held at the Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, on May 8-10, 1981

Biological Markers in Psychiatry and Neurology

Psychotropic drugs and related compounds

Irwin J. Kopin

Jack D. Barchas

Basic and Clinical Frontiers : Proceedings of the Fourth International Catecholamine Symposium, Pacific Grove, California, September 17-22, 1978

Catecholamines

Proceedings of a Conference Held in the Masur Auditorium, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, on April 12-14 1982

Pharmacology of Benzodiazepines

Solomon H. Snyder

Frontiers in Catecholamine Research is a collection of papers presented at the Third International Catecholamine Symposium, held at the University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, on May 20-25, 1973. This book is organized into nine parts encompassing 205 chapters. The text begins with a discussion on clinically and experimentally used drugs that have been developed or whose mechanism of action has been clarified through monoamine research. Parts II and III deal with enzymes related to catecholamine studies, their properties, regulation, genetics, mechanism of action, and localization. Parts IV and V examine the concepts of synaptic dynamics of brain regulators and the isolation, characterization, methods of analysis, and mechanism of action of catecholamines. Part VI focuses on the complexities that surround the extrapolation of catecholamine function into the realms of electrophysiology and behavior. Part VII discusses the metabolism, behavioral, neurological, and physiological effects of amphetamine and other drugs of abuse. The concluding parts describe the role of catecholamine and its metabolism in neurologic diseases, such as schizophrenia.

Proceedings of the Third International Catecholamine Symposium Held at the University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France May 20–25, 1973

Frontiers in Catecholamine Research

Earl Usdin

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