Gastrointestinal Pharmacology
This volume aims to connect current ideas and concepts about GI disorders with the search for novel therapeutics. Towards this goal, authors provide a timely state-of-the-art overview of the GI tract in health and disease, current treatment approaches and ongoing developments in drug discovery, and...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2017.
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| Series: | Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology,
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- Physiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract
- Upper GI Disorders; Gastropareis (with limited reference of GERD and PUD)
- Post Operative Ileus: Pathophysiology, current therapeutic approaches
- Constipation & Diarrhea: Pathophysiology, current therapeutic approaches
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Pathophysiology, current therapeutic approaches
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Pathophysiology, current therapeutic approaches
- Pediatric GI Tract: pharmacological management of children with functional abdominal pain disorders
- Sex-Related Differences in GI Disorders
- Abnormal barrier function in GI Disorders
- Role of stress, anxiety and depression in the Pathophysiology of GI Disorders
- The Neuroimmune Function of the Gut
- Gut Microbiome, Probiotics and prebiotics
- Critical Evaluation of animal models of gastrointestinal disorders
- Serotonergic Mechanisms regulating the GI tract: experimental evidence and therapeutic relevance
- Cannabinoids receptors in regulating the GI tract: experimental evidence and therapeutic relevance
- Insights into the role of opioid receptors in the GI tract: experimental evidence and therapeutic relevance
- Ghrelin and motilin as targets to treat GI Disorders
- Centrally targeted pharmacotherapy for treated chronic abdominal pain.
