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Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, Twelfth Edition

12th Edition
0071769390 · 9780071769396
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  • Contributors
  • Consultants to the Editors
  • Preface
  • Preface to the First Edition
  • SECTION I: GENERAL PRINCIPLES
    • 1. Drug Invention and the Pharmaceutical Industry, Suzanne M. Rivera and Alfred Goodman Gilman
    • 2. Pharmacokinetics: The Dynamics of Drug Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Elimination, Iain L. O. Buxton and Leslie Z. Benet
    • 3. Pharmacodynamics: Molecular Mechanisms of Drug Action, Donald K. Blumenthal and James C. Garrison
    • 4. Drug Toxicity and Poisoning, Kevin C. Osterhoudt and Trevor M. Penning
    • 5. Membrane Transporters and Drug Response, Kathleen M. Giacomini and Yuichi Sugiyama
    • 6. Drug Metabolism, Frank J. Gonzalez, Michael Coughtrie, and Robert H. Tukey
    • 7. Pharmacogenetics, Mary V. Relling and Kathleen M. Giacomini
    • SECTION II: NEUROPHARMACOLOGY
      • 8. Neurotransmission: The Autonomic and Somatic Motor Nervous Systems, Thomas C. Westfall and David P. Westfall
      • 9. Muscarinic Receptor Agonists, Joan Heller Brown and Nora Laiken
      • 10. Anticholinesterase Agents, Palmer Taylor
      • 11. Agents Acting at the Neuromuscular Junction and Autonomic Ganglia, Ryan E. Hibbs and Alexander C. Zambon
      • 12. Adrenergic Agonists and Antagonists, Thomas C. Westfall and David P. Westfall
      • 13. 5-Hydroxytryptamine (Serotonin) and Dopamine, Elaine Sanders-Bush and Lisa Hazelwood
      • 14. Neurotransmission and the Central Nervous System, Perry B. Molinoff
      • 15. Drug Therapy of Depression and Anxiety Disorders, James M. O'Donnell and Richard C. Shelton
      • 16. Pharmacotherapy of Psychosis and Mania, Jonathan M. Meyer
      • 17. Hypnotics and Sedatives, S. John Mihic and r. Adron Harris
      • 18. Opioids, Analgesia, and Pain Management, Tony L. Yaksh and Mark S. Wallace
      • 19. General Anesthetics and Therapeutic Gases, Piyush M. Patel, Hemal H. Patel, and David M. Roth
      • 20. Local Anesthetics, William A. Catteral nad Kenneteh Mackie
      • 21. Pharmacotherapy of the Epilepsies, James O. McNamara
      • 22. Treatment of Central Nervous System Degenerative Disorders, David G. Standaert and Erik D. Roberson
      • 23. Ethanol and Methanol, Marc A. Schuckit
      • 24. Drug Addition, Charles P. O'Brien
      • SECTION III: MODULATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION
        • 25. Regulation of Renal Function and Vascular Volume, Robert F. Reilly and Edwin K. Jackson
        • 26. Renin and Angiotensin, Randa Hilal-Dandan
        • 27. Treatment of Myocardial Ischemia and Hypertension, Thomas Michel and Brian B. Hoffman
        • 28. Pharmacotherapy of Congestive Heart Failure, Bradley A. Maron and Thomas P. Rocco
        • 29. Anti-Arrhythmic Drugs, Kevin J. Sampson and Robert S. Kass
        • 30. Blood Coagulation and Anticoagulant, Fibrinolytic, and Antiplatelet Drugs, Jeffrey I. Weitz
        • 31. Drug Therapy for Hypercholesterolemia and Dyslipiedmia, Thomas P. Bersot
        • SECTION IV: INFLAMMATION, IMMUNOMODULATION, AND HEMATOPOIESIS
          • 32. Histamine, Bradykinin, and Their Antagonists, Randal A. Skidgel, Allen P. Kaplan, and Ervin G. Erdös
          • 33. Lipid-Derived Autacoids: Eicosanoids and Platelet-Activating Factor, Emer M. Smyth, Tilo Grosser, and Garret A. Fitzgerald
          • 34. Anti-inflammatory, Antipyretic, and Analgesic Agents; Pharmacology of Gout, Tilo Grosser, Emer Smyth, and Garret A. FitzGerald
          • 35. Immunosupressants, Tolerogens, and Immunostimulants, Alan M. Krensky, William M. Bennett, and Flavio Vincenti
          • 36. Pulmonary Pharmacology, Peter J. Barnes
          • 37. Hematopoietic Agents: Growth Factors, Minerals, and Vitamins, Kenneth Kaushansky and Thomas J. Kipps
          • SECTION V: HORMONES AND HORMONE ANTAGONISTS
            • 38. Introduction to Endocrinology: The Hypothalamic-Pituitary Axis, Keith L. Parker and Ber