Gastrointestinal pharmacology

"This volume aims to connect current ideas and concepts about GI disorders with the search for novel therapeutics. Towards this goal, authors provide a timely state-of-the-art overview of the GI tract in health and disease, current treatment approaches and ongoing developments in drug discovery...

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Other Authors Greenwood-Van Meerveld, Beverley (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
SeriesHandbook of experimental pharmacology ; v. 239.
Subjects
Gastrointestinal agents.
Gastrointestinal system > Diseases > Chemotherapy.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319563602
9783319563596
ISSN1865-0325 ;
Physical Description1 online resource (viii, 444 pages) : illustrations (some color)

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Table of Contents:
  • Gastrointestinal physiology and function / Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld, Anthony C. Johnson, David Grundy
  • Upper GI disorders: pathophysiology and current therapeutic approaches / Henry P. Parkman
  • Postoperative ileus: pathophysiology, current therapeutic approaches / N. Stakenborg, P.J. Gomez-Pinilla, G.E. Boeckxstaens
  • Constipation: pathophysiology and current therapeutic approaches / Amol Sharma, Satish Rao
  • Irritable bowel syndrome: pathophysiology and current therapeutic approaches / Michael Camilleri, Alexander C. Ford
  • Inflammatory bowel disease: pathophysiology and current therapeutic approaches / Bincy P. Abraham, Tasneem Ahmed, Tauseef Ali
  • Gastrointestinal pharmacology / Miguel Saps, Adrian Miranda
  • Sex-related differences in gi disorders / Dawn K. Prusator, Lin Chang
  • Abnormal barrier function in gastrointestinal disorders / Ricard Farré, María Vicario
  • Irritable bowel syndrome and stress-related psychiatric co-morbidities: focus on early life stress / Siobhain M. O'Mahony, Gerard Clarke, Timothy G. Dinan, John F. Cryan
  • Neuroimmune modulation of gut function / Terez Shea-Donohue, Joseph F. Urban Jr.
  • The role of the gastrointestinal microbiota in visceral pain / Kieran Rea, Siobhain M. O'Mahony, Timothy G. Dinan, John F. Cryan
  • Critical evaluation of animal models of gastrointestinal disorders / Anthony C. Johnson, Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld
  • Serotonergic mechanisms regulating the GI tract: experimental evidence and therapeutic relevance / Natalie Terry, Kara Gross Margolis
  • Cannabinoid receptors in regulating the GI tract: experimental evidence and therapeutic relevance / Ulrike Taschler, Carina Hasenoehrl, Martin Storr, Rudolf Schicho
  • Insights into the role of opioid receptors in the GI tract: experimental evidence and therapeutic relevance / James J. Galligan, Catia Sternini
  • Ghrelin and motilin control systems in GI physiology and therapeutics / Gareth J. Sanger, John Broad, Brid Callaghan, John B. Furness
  • Centrally targeted pharmacotherapy for chronic abdominal pain: understanding and management / Hans Trnblom, Douglas A. Drossman.

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