Muscarinic Receptors in Airways Diseases (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783764359881)

Cholinergic and noncholinergic parasympathetic control of airway smooth muscle.- Role of non-neuronal and neuronal acetylcholine in the airways.- Identification, localization and function of muscarinic receptor subtypes in the airways.- Functional roles of postjunctional muscarinic M2 receptors in airway smooth muscle.- Dysfunction of prejunctional muscarinic M2 receptors: role of environmental factors.- Muscarinic receptor-?-adrenoceptor cross-talk in airway smooth muscle.- Gene regulation of muscarinic receptor subtypes.- Muscarinic control of airway mucus secretion.- The role of anticholinergics in asthma and COPD.- Novel perspectives in anticholinergic therapy.

Author: Johan Zaagsma,Herman Meurs,Ad F. Roffel
ISBN-10: 3764359889
ISBN-13: 9783764359881
Publisher: Birkhauser
Language: English
Published: 05/11/2001
Pages: 284
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d