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GABAB Receptor

  • Focuses on recent therapeutic applications and future potential for drug discovery
  • Bench-to-bedside" translational approach
  • Explores different perspectives from various fields of study including medical medicinal chemistry, molecular biology, physiology, and preclinical and clinical pharmacology
  • Explores specific diseases and disorders in which GABAB receptors have been implicated recently

Part of the book series: The Receptors (REC, volume 29)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. A Brief History of the GABAB Receptor

    • Norman G. Bowery
    Pages 1-13
  3. Chemistry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
    2. Chemistry of GABAB Receptor Ligands: Focus on Agonists and Antagonists

      • Federico Corelli, Claudia Mugnaini
      Pages 17-32
  4. Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, & Physiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
    2. Molecular Organization, Trafficking, and Degradation of the GABAB Receptor

      • Dietmar Benke, Karthik Balakrishnan, Khaled Zemoura
      Pages 55-74
    3. Distribution and Localization of the GABAB Receptor

      • M. Paola Castelli, Gian Luigi Gessa
      Pages 75-92
    4. Activation Mechanism and Allosteric Properties of the GABAB Receptor

      • Julie Kniazeff, Xavier Rovira, Philippe Rondard, Jean-Philippe Pin
      Pages 93-108
    5. Modulation of Neurotransmission by the GABAB Receptor

      • Sriharsha Kantamneni
      Pages 109-128
    6. GABAB Receptor Functions in the Mesolimbic Dopamine System

      • Arnaud L. Lalive, Christian Lüscher
      Pages 129-154
  5. Pharmacology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
    2. Targeting the GABAB Receptor for the Treatment of Epilepsy

      • Krutika Joshi, Miguel Angel Cortez, O. Carter Snead
      Pages 175-195
    3. Targeting the GABAB Receptor for the Treatment of Pain

      • Sam J. Enna, Kenneth E. McCarson
      Pages 197-217
    4. Targeting the GABAB Receptor for the Treatment of Depression and Anxiety Disorders

      • Daniela Felice, Olivia F. O’Leary, John F. Cryan
      Pages 219-250
    5. Targeting the GABAB Receptor for the Treatment of Substance Use Disorder

      • MaÅ‚gorzata Frankowska, Edmund PrzegaliÅ„ski, MaÅ‚gorzata Filip
      Pages 263-286
    6. Targeting the GABAB Receptor for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

      • Roberta Agabio, Kimberly A. Leite-Morris, Giovanni Addolorato, Giancarlo Colombo
      Pages 287-307
    7. Targeting the GABAB Receptors for the Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Chronic Cough

      • Anders Lehmann, L. Ashley Blackshaw, Brendan J. Canning
      Pages 309-336

About this book

An up-to-date comprehensive overview of the GABA B receptor system with a particular focus on the most recent therapeutic applications and potential. This receptor system has recently been implicated in several diseases and disorders including gastroesophageal reflux disease, epilepsy, mood disorders, depression, and alcohol and substance use disorder. The authors, leading researchers in the field, explore a number of approaches, including medicinal chemistry, molecular biology, physiology, and preclinical and clinical pharmacology. This overview provides a translational perspective on the potential of the GABA B receptor pharmacology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Neuroscience Institute, National Research Council of Italy Neuroscience Institute, Cagliari, Italy

    Giancarlo Colombo

About the editor

Giancarlo Colombo is a researcher at the Neuroscience Institute, Section of Cagliari, National Research Council of Italy. He has previously worked at the Laboratory of Physiologic and Pharmacologic Studies, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Rockville, MD, USA, and the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.

His research interest is primarily on neurobiology and pharmacology of alcohol use disorder, with focus on the role of GABAB receptor in the control of multiple alcohol-related behaviors and the development of GABAB receptor ligands as possible pharmacotherapies for alcohol use disorder.

He has published approximately 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals and about 20 book chapters. He serves on the editorial board of the journals Alcohol and Alcohol and Alcoholism.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: GABAB Receptor

  • Editors: Giancarlo Colombo

  • Series Title: The Receptors

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46044-4

  • Publisher: Humana Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-46042-0Published: 28 December 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83428-3Published: 14 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-46044-4Published: 19 December 2016

  • Series ISSN: 1048-6909

  • Series E-ISSN: 2524-6488

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 385

  • Number of Illustrations: 45 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Neurosciences, Neurology

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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