Cognitive Enhancing Drugs
Springer Basel (Verlag)
978-3-0348-9603-0 (ISBN)
During the past decade research into the pharmacology of cognition, particularly regarding learning and memory, has supported the concept that many potential neural targets exist for the development of cognitive-enhancing drugs. Whereas the main impetus for this research has been the ever growing population of individuals with dementing disorders such as Alzheimer`s disease, attention is also being focused on issues relating to cognitive impairment associated with "normal" aging. This book is useful as a source of information for making informed decisions regarding the relative utility and attributes of the various neural targets that have been studied to date.
The cholinergic hypothesis - past and present.- Drugs that target cholinesterases.- Drugs that target muscarinic cholinergic receptors.- Rationale and prospects for drugs that target nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.- Drugs that target catecholaminergic receptors.- Drugs that target serotonergic receptors.- Drugs that target ionotropic excitatory amino acid receptors.- Cognitive enhancing effects of drugs that target histamine receptors.- Peptide and steroid hormone receptors as drug targets for enhancement of learning and memory performance.- Natural products as cognition enhancing agents.- Drugs with multiple CNS targets.
"Overall I found it a well organised text, most informative and the sort of book that I am sure I will go back to, time again, dipping in to extract those little snippets of information so difficult to track down from other sources."
(Biologist)
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.10.2012 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Milestones in Drug Therapy |
| Zusatzinfo | XII, 203 p. |
| Verlagsort | Basel |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 339 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pharmazie | |
| Schlagworte | Alzheimer • attention • Cholinesterase • CNS • cognitive disorders • Functional Brain Imaging • learning and memory processes • neural drug targets • neuropeptide/hormone receptors • neurotransmitter receptors • pharmacotherapy |
| ISBN-10 | 3-0348-9603-4 / 3034896034 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-0348-9603-0 / 9783034896030 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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