International Union of Pharmacology

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Localization of functional activity in the central nervous system by metabolic probes

• L. Sokoloff

Pharmacological approaches to neuropeptide function: substance P

• L. L. Iversen

Neglect of function and obsession with structure in toxicity testing

• G. Zbinden

Receptor localisation in asymmetric cells

• A. W. Cuthbert

William Withering Commemoration Lecture: Withering’s discovery and his modern scientific legacy

• D. Noble

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Introduction: Receptors and receptor-mediated responses

• Hiroshi Yoshida

Axonal transport of receptors

• M. A. Zarbin, M. J. Kuhar

Mechanisms of desensitization of β-adrenergic receptors

• J. P. Perkins, T. K. Harden

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β-Lactam antibiotics with novel nuclei

• F. O’Grady

Mechanisms of β-lactamase action

• R. Bicknell, S. J. Cartwright, E. L. Emanuel, S. G. Waley

Thienamycin, imipenem and new members of the carbapenem class of β-lactam antibiotics

• F. Baker, L. D. Cama, B. G. Christensen, W. J. Leanza, D. H. Shih, K. J. Wildonger

Monobactams and other monocyclic β-lactams

• D. P. Bonner, W. H. Koster, R. B. Sykes

Exploration of active sites of DD-peptidases

• J. -M. Ghuysen

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The relative importance of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, 1,2-diacylglycerol and phosphatidic acid in mediating human platelet activation by thrombin

• E. G. Lapetina, S. P. Watson

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