Medicine & Health Sciences

Advances in Neuropharmacology
Drugs and Therapeutics

Editors: Md. Sahab Uddin, RPh
Mamunur Rashid, PhD

Advances in Neuropharmacology

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Pub Date: February 2020
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Hard ISBN: 9781771887977
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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-77463-471-4
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E-Book ISBN: 9780429242717
Pages: 654pp w/index
Binding Type: hardback / paperback / ebook
Notes: 8 pages of color illustrations

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This new volume, Advances in Neuropharmacology: Drugs and Therapeutics, provides a comprehensive overview of the drugs that act on the central and peripheral nervous systems. It thoroughly describes the diseases that are associated with the nervous system and drugs used their treatment while also looking at the current status of these drugs and their future potential and challenges.

This book is divided into three sections that describe the nervous system associated diseases and their treatment as well as current status and future opportunities and challenges. Section 1 focuses on the drugs that affect the functions of the autonomic nervous system to produce therapeutic effects. These drugs may act presynaptically by manipulating the genesis, storage, and secretion, and by blocking the action of neurotransmitters. Some drugs may trigger or impede postsynaptic receptors. Section 2 focuses on drugs that affect the central nervous system, including antianxiety drugs, sedative and hypnotic drugs, antidepressant drugs, antipsychotic drugs, antiepileptic drugs, and many more. It covers the pharmacological management of various diseases, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s disease, and others.

Section 3 offers explanations of neurochemical interactions with the aim to develop drugs that have beneficial effects on neurochemical imbalances. This section demonstrates models to assess the transport of drugs across the blood-brain barrier and nanomedicine to treat brain disorders.

This rich compilation provides thorough and extensive research updates on the important advances in neuropharmacological drugs and drug therapy from experienced and eminent academicians, researchers, and scientists from throughout the world. It will be rich resource for professionals, academicians, students, researchers, scientists, and industry professionals around the world in the biomedical, health, and life science fields.

Key features:
  • Presents recent advances in neuropharmacology, covering the drugs that act on the central and peripheral nervous systems
  • Provides extensive explanations of various emerging research in this field
  • Explores the intricacy of neurological disorders
  • Looks at existing and forthcoming therapeutic drug strategies

CONTENTS:
Preface

PART I: DRUGS AFFECTING THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
1. Cholinergic Agonists
Rupali Patil and Aman Upaganlawar

2. Cholinergic Antagonists
Vishal S. Gulecha, Manoj S. Mahajan, Aman Upaganlawar, Abdulla Sherikar, and Chandrashekhar Upasani

3. Adrenergic Agonists
Seetha Harilal and K. Rajesh

4. Adrenergic Antagonists
Seetha Harilal and K. Rajesh

PART II: DRUGS AFFECTING THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
5. Pharmacological Management of Alzheimer


About the Authors / Editors:
Editors: Md. Sahab Uddin, RPh
Department of Pharmacy, Southeast University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Md. Sahab Uddin, RPh, is a Registered Pharmacist and a Research Scholar in the Department of Pharmacy at Southeast University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has published more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed international scientific journals. He has also authored and edited several books, including Handbook of Research on Critical Examinations of Neurodegenerative Disorders; Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Defense: Biomedical Value in Health and Diseases; Comprehensive MCQs in Pharmacology; Comprehensive MCQs in Physical Pharmacy; Tools of Pharmacy: Getting Familiar with the Regular Terms, Words and Abbreviations; and Quality Control of Pharmaceuticals: Compendial Standards and Specifications. Md. Uddin also serves as an editorial and reviewer board member of more than 80 scholarly journals. He is a member of many national and international scientific societies. He has developed matching capacity, dissimilarity identification, numeral finding, typo revealing, and sense-making tests for the estimation of memory, attention, and cognition. Moreover, he is the Founder and CEO of the Pharmakon Neuroscience Research Network, an open innovation hub bringing together neuroscientists to advance brain health. He received his BPharm in 2014 securing a first position from the Department of Pharmacy, Southeast University, Bangladesh. Md. Uddin

Mamunur Rashid, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmacy, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Mamunur Rashid, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh, where he also served as Chairman of the department. He previously worked as a visiting scientist at the Department of Pharmacology, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Japan. He was also the Chairman of the Department of Pharmacy, Southeast University, Bangladesh. He is a member of the Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Society. He also works for the development of the pharmaceutical sector in Bangladesh. He has made a vast contribution to the promotion of pharmacy education and the pharmacy profession to create better opportunities for Bangladeshi pharmacists. He is one of the pioneers who are working with the Commonwealth Pharmacists Association and Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Society to develop hospital and community pharmacy in Bangladesh. He has published 75 articles and 23 abstracts in conference proceedings.




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