ADVANCES IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY VOLUME 41 ; ADVANCES IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY VOLUME 41 ; Contents; Preface ; Muscarinic and Nicotinic Receptors as Drug Targets in Disorders of the Central Nervous System ; Abstract ; Introduction; Acetylcholine and Cognition ; Cholinoceptors ; Muscarinic Receptors ; Nicotinic Receptors ; Schizophrenia ; Acetylcholine and the Treatment of Schizophrenia ; Muscarinic Receptors in Schizophrenia ; Muscarinic Antagonists and Schizophrenia ; Muscarinic Agonists in Schizophrenia ; Nicotinic Receptors in Schizophrenia ; Nicotinic Agonists in Schizophrenia.
Bipolar Disorder and Major Depressive DisorderAcetylcholine and the Treatment of Mood Disorders ; Muscarinic Receptors in Mood Disorders; Muscarinic Agonists in Mood Disorders ; Nicotinic Receptors in Mood Disorders ; Nicotinic Antagonists in Mood Disorders ; Alzheimer's Disease ; Acetylcholine and the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease ; Muscarinic Receptors in Alzheimer's Disease; Muscarinic Agonists in Alzheimer's Disease ; Nicotinic Receptors in Alzheimer's Disease ; Nicotinic Agonists in Alzheimer's Disease ; Parkinson's Disease; Acetylcholine and the Treament of Parkinson's Disease.
Muscarinic Receptors in Parkinson's Disease Muscarinic Antagonists in Parkinson's Disease ; Nicotinic Receptors in Parkinson's Disease; Nicotinic Agonists in Parkinson's Disease; Conclusion ; References ; Immune Modulation for Treatment of HSV ; Abstract ; Introduction; Herpes Simplex Virus; HSV MMorpholoogy ; Cellular Attachment and Entry; Life Cycle of HSV; Nucleoside Analogues and Current Treatment Options of HSV ; Acyclovir and Analogues; Stimulating Host Immunity ; Host Antimicrobial Proteins; Antimicrobial Host Defence Peptides ; Blocking of Viral Entry.
Blocking Viral Cell-to-Cell Spread Lysis of the Viral Envelope; Host Immune Modulation ; Pharmacutical Potential ; Combination Therapy ; References ; Pulmonary Edema: State of the Art and a New Approach to Its Diagnosis/Treatment ; Abstract ; 1. Introduction ; 1.1. Pulmonary Edema ; 1.1.1. Water and Macromolecule Exchange in the Lung ; 1.1.2. Functional Anatomy ; 1.1.3. Ultrastructural Anatomy ; 1.1.4. Lymphatic Drainage ; 1.1.5. Water Excess in the Lungs -- Evaluation Techniques ; 1.1.6. Experimental Models of Pulmonary Edema ; 1.2. Liposomes ; 1.2.1. Liposomes as Drug Delivery Systems.
1.2.2. Characteristics of Liposomes 1.2.3. Classification of Liposomes and Production Techniques; 1.2.4. Liposome -- Potential Role for Diagnosis and Therapy ; 1.2.5. Radiolabelling Procedures of Liposomes ; 2. Material and Methods ; 2.1. Methodology ; 2.2. Dedicated Drug Delivery System ; 2.3. Encapsulated Radiotracers ; 2.3.1. Radionuclide -- 99mTc ; 2.3.2. Radiopharmaceuticals ; 2.3.3. Statistical Analysis ; 2.4. Animal Experimental Model -- Biological Studies ; 2.4.1. Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema; 2.4.2. Non-Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema; 3. Results and Discussion ; Conclusion.
