Insights into Receptor Function and New Drug Development Targets

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Conn, Michael (Editor), Kordon, Claude (Editor), Christen, Yves (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Research and Perspectives in Endocrine Interactions
• Subjects: Medicine.; Pharmacology.; Endocrinology.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Biomedicine general.

G-Protein Coupled receptors (GPCRs) and other receptors are significant targets for drug discovery, due to their roles in fundamental physiological processes. Among these roles are: regulation of growth, food intake, reproduction, water balance, sensory perception, blood pressure and heart rate. GPC...