The Cellular, Synaptic and Molecular Mechanisms of Action of Central Nervous System Drugs 2.0
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Neurobiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2024 | Viewed by 9037
Special Issue Editor
Interests: sedatives; anesthetics; higher nervous system; neuropharmacology; central nervous system drugs
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Dear Colleagues,
The past few years have seen remarkable progress in understanding drug effects on the Central Nervous System. Advances in molecular, cellular and systems level knowledge together with an array of new analytical approaches and tools have increased our breadth and depth of understanding how drugs alter brain activity to impact memory, learning, sensory perception and consciousness. The current special interest series brings leading scientists from across the globe together to share their insights and new findings regarding drug actions at numerous levels in the nervous system. Many major neurotransmitter classes are represented and correlates between molecular actions and changes in higher level brain functions are being discovered, some for the very first time. This new knowledge is being used to design better, more efficacious and safer pharmaceuticals. A new era in neuropharmacology is beginning and promises to provide treatments for many of the most debilitating and expensive diseases facing modern man. Our goal with this special issue of the journal is to document and facilitate an ongoing and exciting time of discovery for the brain sciences.
Prof. Dr. M. Bruce MacIver
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- CNS
- drug
- addiction
- memory
- consciousness
- loss of consciousness
- recovery of consciousness
- coma
- anesthesia, anaesthesia
- anesthetic
- inhalant
- abuse
- GABA
- glutamate
- 5-HT
- adrenaline, noradrenaline
- serotonin
- dopamine
- adenosine
- reanimation
- electrical stimulation
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