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1 online resource (362 pages) |
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Novartis Foundation Symposia ; v. 854 |
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Novartis Foundation Symposia
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| Contents |
Substance P in the nervous system; Contents; Introduction; Chemical neurotransmission-yesterday and today; Role of substance P as a sensory transmitter in spinal cord and sympathetic ganglia; Discussion; Substance P in peripheral sensory processes; Discussion; Localization of substance P in neuronal pathways; Discussion; Distribution of substance P in brain and periphery and its posible role as a co-transmitter; Discussion; Regulation of substance P expression and metabolism in vivo and in vitro; Discussion; GENERAL DISCUSSION; Coexistence of transmitters |
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Substance P in nerve tissue in the gutDiscussion; Biosynthesis, axonal transport and turnover of neuronal substance P; Discussion; Enzymic inactivation of substance P in the central nervous system; Discussion; Substance P receptors in the nervous system and possible receptor subtypes; Discussion; Relation of substance P to pain transmission: neurophysiological evidence; Discussion; Substance P in nociceptive sensory neurons; Discussion; If substance P fails to fulfil the criteria as a neurotransmitter in somatosensory afferents, what might be its function?; Discussion |
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Modulation of cholinergic transmission by substance PDiscussion; The striatonigral substance P pathway and dopaminergic mechanisms; Discussion; Relation of substance P to stress and catecholamine metabolism; Discussion; Behavioural effects of substance P through dopaminergic pathways in the brain; Discussion; FINAL GENERAL DISCUSSION; Substance P antagonists; tumour cell lines and substance P; substance P and other tachykinins; substance P and clinical pain syndromes; substance P and neuronal systems; Index of contributors; Subject index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Substance P -- Congresses
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Neurology -- Congresses.
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Neurology.
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Substance P.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780470718421 |
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0470718420 |
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