Authors: Peter H. Redfern (Editor), B. Lemmer
ISBN-13: 9783540615255, ISBN-10: 3540615253
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Date Published: November 2007
Edition: New Edition
This volume provides a concise and accessible account of recent developments in chronobiology and of the implications and applications of chronobiological principles in pharmacology and medicine. The molecular biology and genetics of circadian clocks are considered along with the neuroanatomy and neurochemistry of the vertebrate clock. Recent advances in our understanding of entrainment mechanisms are also described. Special emphasis is placed on the importance of chronobiology in pharmacology and therapeutics, and the existence of biological rhythms in physiological and pathological processes.
Ch. 1 | The Vertebrate Clock: Localisation, Connection and Entrainment | 1 |
Ch. 2 | Regulation of Cell Division Cycles by Circadian Oscillators: Signal Transduction Between Clocks | 29 |
Ch. 3 | Genetics and Molecular Biology of Circadian Clocks | 55 |
Ch. 4 | Chemical Neuroanatomy of the Mammalian Circadian System | 79 |
Ch. 5 | Chronobiology of Development and Aging | 95 |
Ch. 6 | Rhythms in Second Messenger Mechanisms | 135 |
Ch. 7 | 5-Hydroxytryptamine and Noradrenaline Synthesis, Release and Metabolism in the Central Nervous System: Circadian Rhythms and Control Mechanisms | 157 |
Ch. 8 | Rhythms in Pharmacokinetics; Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and Excretion | 177 |
Ch. 9 | Progress in the Chronotherapy of Nocturnal Asthma | 205 |
Ch. 10 | Chronopharmacology of Cardiovascular Diseases | 251 |
Ch. 11 | Chronopharmacology of Anticancer Agents | 299 |
Ch. 12 | The Endocrine System and Diabetes | 333 |
Ch. 13 | Gastrointestinal Tract | 351 |
Ch. 14 | The Pineal Gland, Circadian Rhythms and Photoperiodism | 375 |
Ch. 15 | Problems in Interpreting the Effects of Drugs on Circadian Rhythms | 415 |
Ch. 16 | Rhythms in Retinal Mechanisms | 435 |
Ch. 17 | Circadian Rhythms and Depression: Clinical and Experimental Models | 457 |
Ch. 18 | Chronobiology and Chronopharmacology of the Haemopoietic System | 487 |
Ch. 19 | Chronobiology of the Haemostatic System | 533 |
Ch. 20 | New Trends in Chronotoxicology | 557 |
Ch. 21 | Chronopharmacology of H[subscript 1]-Receptor Antagonists: Experimental and Clinical Aspects (Allergic Diseases) | 589 |
Ch. 22 | Local Anaesthetics | 607 |
Ch. 23 | Biological Rhythms in Pain and Analgesia | 619 |
Subject Index | 651 |