The Brain as a Drug Target (Volume 98) (Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science, Volume 98) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0123855063 ISBN 13: 9780123855060

Verlag: Academic Press, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

The brain is protected by the blood-brain barrier and this barrier prevents many drugs from entering the brain. This volume discusses various drug delivery and targeting strategies that are being developed to enhance the transport and distribution of drugs into the brain.

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Shafiqur Rahman, Ph.D. is Professor of Pharmacology in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at South Dakota State University (SDSU) in Brookings, USA. He received his Ph.D. in Neuropharmacology from the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. Dr. Rahman completed his post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry from Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis in USA. Prior to joining SDSU, he worked as research scientist and faculty at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, USA and the University of Toronto, Canada. Dr. Rahman's research focus is drug discovery in neuropharmacology, i.e. the development of novel therapeutic candidates for the treatment of drug addiction and neuropsychiatric disorders. His research and scholarship has resulted in over 125 publications and 11 edited books/book chapters. Dr. Rahman served as editor, editorial board member and reviewer for numerous Scientific Journals and review panels related to drug addiction, neuropharmacology, and drug discovery research. Dr. Rahman is also a member of several professional societies or organizations, including Society for Neuroscience, American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics, and American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.

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• Verlag: Academic Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0123855063
• ISBN 13: 9780123855060
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 468
• Herausgeber: Rahman Shafiqur
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Elsevier GmbH; https://www.elsevier.com/; ; Jägerstraße 41; Berlin; Berlin; 10117; Deutschland