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A pharmacology primer : theory, applications, and methods / Terry P. Kenakin.

By: Kenakin, Terrence P.
Publisher: Burlington : Elsevier/Academic Press, c2009Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xix, 389 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.ISBN: 9780123745859 (hbk.).Subject(s): Pharmacology, Experimental | Receptors, Drug -- physiology | Dose-Response Relationship, Drug | Pharmacology -- methodsDDC classification: 615.7
Contents:
What is pharmacology? -- How different tissues process drug response -- Drug-receptor theory -- Pharmacological assay formats : binding -- Agonists : the measurement of affinity and efficacy in functional assays -- Orthosteric drug antagonism -- Allosteric drug antagonism -- The process of drug discovery -- Pharmacokinetics -- Target- and system-based strategies for drug discovery -- "Hit" to drug : lead optimization -- Statistics and experimental design -- Selected pharmacological methods -- Exercises in pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is pharmacology? -- How different tissues process drug response -- Drug-receptor theory -- Pharmacological assay formats : binding -- Agonists : the measurement of affinity and efficacy in functional assays -- Orthosteric drug antagonism -- Allosteric drug antagonism -- The process of drug discovery -- Pharmacokinetics -- Target- and system-based strategies for drug discovery -- "Hit" to drug : lead optimization -- Statistics and experimental design -- Selected pharmacological methods -- Exercises in pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics.