Kenakin, Terrence P. <br/><br/>
A pharmacology primer :  theory, applications, and methods / 
Terry P. Kenakin. 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - Burlington :  Elsevier/Academic Press,  c2009. 
 - xix, 389 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  29 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780123745859 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Pharmacology, Experimental.<br/>Receptors, Drug--physiology.<br/>Dose-Response Relationship, Drug.<br/>Pharmacology--methods.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>615.7  / KEN