On the nature of inhibition, and the action of drugs upon it / T. Lauder Brunton.

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Book

Author/Creator:

Brunton, T. Lauder, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inhibition.

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1 online resource (48 pages)

Other Title:

On the nature of inhibition, and the action of drugs upon it

Place of Publication:

London : Macmillan and Co., 1883.

Summary:

"This reprinted article originally appeared in Nature Vol 27, March, 1883, pages 419-422, 436-439, 467-468, 485-487. By inhibition we mean the arrest of the functions of a structure or organ, by the action upon it of another, while its power to execute those functions is still retained, and can be manifested as soon as the restraining power is removed. It is thus distinguished from paralysis, in which the function is abolished, and not merely restrained. Inhibition is one of the most perplexing problems in physiology, and we have at present no satisfactory hypothesis regarding it. It plays, however, such a very important part in pharmacology, that we cannot pass it over; and as it is through the action of drugs upon the various functions of the body that we have already arrived at a knowledge of inhibitory actions, which would otherwise have been impossible--as, in fact, pharmacology has here quite outstripped physiology--we are obliged to enter into some hypothetical considerations, in order to be able to form some kind of idea regarding the mode of action of many drugs." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).

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Reprinted from Nature.