Anesthesia

Part 1. CELL BIOLOGY OF ANESTHETIC ACTION Control of Cell Signalling 1. The Interactions of General Anesthetics With Membranes 2. Inhalational Anesthetic Interactions With Proteins 3. Basic Concepts of Molecular Biology 4. G Protein Systems 5. G Protein Coupled Receptors 6. Adenylate Cyclase 7. Protein Kinase C 8. Arachidonate Metabolite Signaling 9. Intracellular Ca2+ Regulation 10. The Nitric Oxide-Guanylyl Cyclase Signalling Pathway 11. Sodium Channels 12. Voltage Gated Calcium Channels 13. Potassium Channels 14. Structure and Function of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor 15. Anesthetic Actions on Excitatory Amino Acid Receptors 16. GABA A Receptors and Anesthesia 17. General Anesthetic Actions on Transmission at Glutamate and GABA Synapses 18. Pumps, Exchangers, and Transporters 19. Mechanism of Synaptic Transmitter Release 20. Cytokines and Growth Factors Techniques of Cell Biologic Study 21. Techniques of Cellular Electrophysiologic Investigation 22. Molecular Biology Techniques 23. Use of NMR and EPR in Anesthesia Research 24. Methods for Monitoring Modulations in Intracellular Ca2+ Part 2. INTEGRATED SYSTEMS Behavioral States 25. Integrated Systems 26. Consciousness: Lessons for Anesthesia From Sleep Research 27. Cholinergic Contributions to the Control of Consciousness 28. Memory and Recall Pain 29. An Introductory Perspective on the Study of Nociception and Its Modulation 30. Morphology of the Peripheral Nervous System and Its Relationship to Neuropathic Pain 31. Transduction Properties of the Sensory Afferent Fibers 32. Afferent Activity in Injured Afferent Nerves 33. Pharmacology of Peripheral Afferent Terminals 34. The Pharmacology of Spinal Afferent Processing 35. Spinal Anatomy and Pharmacology of Afferent Processing 36. Response Properties of Dorsal Horn Neurons: Pharmacology of the Dorsal Horn 37. Processing of Nociceptive Information at Supraspinal Levels 38. Organizational Characteristics of Supraspinally Mediated Responses to Nociceptive Input 39. Organization of Visceral Input 40. Preclinical Models of Nociception 41. Psychophysical Measurement of Normal and Abnormal Pain States and Analgesia 42. Organizational of Hormonal Responses to High Threshold Afferent Input: Autonomic and Pituitary Secretions in Humans 43. The Development and Resolution of Post-Injury Pain 44. Burn Pain 45. Pain Mechanisms Without Labor and Delivery 46. Dysmenorrhea 47. Orofacial Inflammation and Pain 48. Cancer Pain: Pathophysiology and Syndromes 49. Mechanisms of Pain in Arthritis 50. Pain in Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 51. Post-Thoracotomy Pain 52. Breast Pain 53. Trigeminal Organization With Special Reference to the Trigeminovascular System and Cranial Pain 54. Diabetic Neuropathy 55. Herpes Zoster and Post-Herpetic Neuralgia 56. Causalgia/Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy 57. Fibromyalgia 58. Pharmacology and Mechanisms of Opioid Analgesic Activity 59. Analgesic Drug Classes in the Management of Clinical Pain: Alpha 2 Agonists 60.