Novel peripheral neurotransmitters

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Novel peripheral neurotransmitters

specialist subject editor, Christopher Bell

(International encyclopedia of pharmacology and therapeutics, section 135)

Pergamon Press, c1991

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Includes bibliographical references

Includes index

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The central nervous system functions by the use of many different neurotransmitters. The classic transmitters acetylcholine and norepinephrine are the best known. However, many actions in postganglion neurons are effected by non-adrenergic and non-cholinergic substances for which the acronym NANC has been adopted. This monograph will cover these novel transmitters.

Table of Contents

Early experiences in the discovery of non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic (NANC) autonomic neurons, G D Campbell. Role of atp and adenosine in the autonomic nervous system, T D White. L-arginine derived nitric oxide: the basis of inhibitory transmission in the anococcygeus and retractor penis muscles, W Martin & J S Gillespie. Neuropeptide Y as an autonomic neurotransmitter, E K Potter. VIP and autonomic neurotransmission, J Fahrenkrug. Peripheral dopaminergic nerves, C Bell. Antidromic vasodilatation and neurogenic inflammation, L A Chahl. Novel peripheral neurotransmitters and control of the airways, J-A Karlsson & C G A Persson. Novel autonomic neurotransmitters and upper gastrointestinal function, H C McKirdy. Novel autonomic neurotransmitters and intestinal function, R A R Bywater and G S Taylor. Novel neurotransmitters in the autonomic nervous system of non-mammalian vertebrates, S Holmgren & S Nilsson. Novel peripheral neurotransmitters in invertebrates, G A Cottrell & G S Bewick. Index. 3296 lit. refs., 43 line drawings, 6 halftones

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