Multiple Pharmacological Actions of Centrally Acting Antitussives - Do They Target G Protein-Coupled Inwardly Rectifying K+ (GIRK) Channels?

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Kazuo Takahama (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Έκδοση: Elsevier, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Θέματα: article
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Antitussive drugs have been used for decades and their modes of action are well elucidated. However, recent studies on the mechanism of their antitussive action seem to be opening a new way for discovery or development of novel drugs for intractable brain diseases including psychiatric disorders. An...