Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) - Softcover

Iversen, Les (Visiting Professor, Department Of Pharmacology, Oxford University)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198745796 ISBN 13: 9780198745792

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

An updated introductory account of what drugs are, how they work, and the advances made over the past century in pharmacology.

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Les Iversen is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Oxford. He was director of the MRC Neurochemical Pharmacology Unit in Cambridge (1970-1983) and then Vice-President of Neuroscience for the American pharmaceutical company Merck Inc (1983-1995). He is best known for his work on the role of monoamine transport mechanisms in the inactivation of monoamines in the brain, and as targets for psychoactive drugs. His previous books include The Science of Marijuana, 2nd Edition (OUP USA, 2007) and Speed, Ecstacy, Ritalin: The Science of Amphetamines (OUP, 2008).

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• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0198745796
• ISBN 13: 9780198745792
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144
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