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Download or read book Proceedings of Neurotox '88, Molecular Basis of Drug and Pesticide Action (3rd) Held in Bath, England on April 10-15, 1988 written by G. G. Lunt and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Partial contents: Natural Products; The natural pyrethrins; Effects of kinins and related peptides on synaptic transmission in the insect CNS; On the site of action of the insect selective neurotoxin-AaIT; Synaptic ion channel toxins from spider venoms; Polyamine like toxins-a new class of pesticides?; Purification of an inhibitor of brain synaptic membrane glutamate binding sites from the venom of the spider Araneus gemma; Novel excitatory amino acid related compounds of natural origin; Receptor sites for GABA and Acetylcholine; Action of toxicants on GABAA and glutamate receptors; Second messenger systems; Coupling of muscarinic receptors to second messenger systems in locust ganglia; Molecular Neurobiological approaches to receptors an Ion Channels; Electrophysiological Approaches to Receptors and Ion Channels; Structure-Activity Relationships; Structure-activity studies on mammalian glutamate receptors; Selectivity and Resistance; The dynamic basis of selective toxicity; Pharmacokinetics of insecticides in insects; Neuropharmacology and molecular genetics of nerve insensitivity resistance to pyrethroids; and Ion channel properties of insects susceptible and resistant to insecticides. (AW).