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General Principles of drug action | |
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Molecular aspects of drug action | |
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Excitable tissues and secretory mechanisms | |
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Cell proliferation and apoptosis | |
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Measurement of drug action | |
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Absorption and distribution of drugs | |
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Drug metabolism and excretion | |
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Pharmacokinetic aspects of drug action | |
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The autonomic nervous system | |
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Cholinergic transmission | |
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Noradrenergic transmission | |
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Other peripheral mediators: 5-hydroxytryptamine and purines | |
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Other peripheral mediators: peptides and proteins | |
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Other peripheral mediators: nitric oxide | |
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Cannabinoids | |
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Inflammation & anti-inflammatory drugs | |
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Immune responses and immunosuppressant drugs | |
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Cardiac rhythm and dysrhythmias | |
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Blood pressure and hypertension | |
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Cardiac blood flow, angina and myocardial infarction | |
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Cardiac output and cardiac failure | |
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Atheromatous disease and lipoprotein metabolism | |
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Haemostasis and thrombosis | |
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The haemopoietic system | |
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Respiration, asthma and COPD | |
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The kidney | |
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The gastrointestinal tract | |
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Blood sugar and diabetes | |
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The anterior pituitary and the adrenal cortex | |
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The thyroid | |
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Bone metabolism | |
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The reproductive system | |
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Outline of transmission and drug action in the CNS | |
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Aminoacid transmitters in the CNS | |
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Other CNS transmitters | |
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Neurodegenerative disorders | |
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General anaesthetics | |
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Anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs | |
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Antipsychotic drugs | |
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Drugs used in affective disorders | |
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Antiepileptic drugs | |
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Analgesic drugs and the control of pain | |
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CNS stimulants and psychotomimetics | |
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Local anaesthetics | |
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Drug dependence and drug abuse | |
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Cancer biology and chemotherapy | |
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Antibacterial agents | |
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Antiviral drugs | |
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Antiprotozoal drugs | |
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Antifungal and anthelminthic drug? | |
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The Schild plot and pA? | |
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The postulated action of NSAIDs on the enzymes Cyclooxygenase-1 and Cyclooxygenasox-? | |
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The pathogenesis of rheumatoid joint damage and the action of anti-rheumatoid drugs | |
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Index | |