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Airways Smooth Muscle: Modelling the Asthmatic Response In Vivo

By Dr. David Raeburn , Dr. Mark A. Giembycz (eds.) , Steve Webber , Jan-Anders Karlsson (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Birkhäuser Basel
Year
1996
ISBN
978-3-0348-9863-8, 978-3-0348-9000-7
DOI
10.1007/978-3-0348-9000-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15896216 bytes)
Series
Respiratory Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy
Edition
1
Pages
300\278
Time added
2013-12-12 02:00:00
generalMedicine/Public Health

Description

Building on the existing titles in the "Airways Smooth Muscle" sub-series, the sixth volume explores physiological and pharmacological processes in the lung in vivo. The various animal models available for studying the bronchospasm and inflammation associated with human asthma are thoroughly reviewed by internationally recognised scientists. Specific chapters focus on the problems of administering drugs to animal airways, the mechanics of assessing lung function in the models, and describe in detail the species used, from rodents to primates. The use of genetically altered animals, an area of particular interest to molecular biologists, is also considered in depth. This up-to-date and extensively referenced work will prove invaluable to pharmacologists, physiologists and other biological scientists at all levels in academia and in the pharmaceutical industry.

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