Gamma-hydroxybutyrate : molecular, functional, and clinical aspects

✍ Scribed by Tunnicliff, Godfrey; Cash, Christopher D

Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Leaves: 316
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Content: Metabolism and Distribution of Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate in the Brain. The Gamma-hydroxybutyrate Receptor in the Brain. Part of the Pharmacological Actions of Gamma-hydroxybutyrate Are Mediated by GABAB Receptors. Membrane Transport of Gamma-hydroxybutyrate. Action of Gamma-hydroxybutyrate on Neuronal Excitability and Underlying Membrane Conductances. Regulation of Central Dopamine by Gamma-hydroxybutyrate. Effects of Gamma-hydroxybutyrate on Sleep. Gamma-hydroxybutyrate and Absence Seizure Activity. Behavioral Pharmacology of Gamma-hydroxybutyrate. Therapeutic Uses of Gamma-hydroxybutyrate. Abuse Potential and Toxicology of Gamma-hydroxybutyrate. 4-Hydroxybutyric Aciduria. Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate and Oxidative Stress. The Role of Gamma-hydroxybutyrate in Brain Function.

✦ Subjects

GABA. Neurochemistry. GABA -- Therapeutic use. Sodium Oxybate -- metabolism. Brain -- metabolism. Sodium Oxybate -- therapeutic use. MEDICAL -- Pain Medicine. MEDICAL -- Psychiatry -- Psychopharmacology.

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