Is paradoxical pharmacology a strategy worth pursuing?

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 273-276

  Bond, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASTHMA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE; HEART INFARCTION PREVENTION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM CARE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ASTHMA; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PHARMACOLOGY, CLINICAL;

EID: 0035369309     PISSN: 01656147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-6147(00)01711-9     Document Type: Review

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