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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 | |