Research and Markets: This Special Focus Issue Provides a Snapshot of Recent Advances in Understanding the Role of Ion Channel Function in the Context of Clinical Pharmacology

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/f6df41/clinical_pharmacol) has announced the addition of Expert Reviews Ltd's new report "Clinical Pharmacology of Ion Channels" to their offering.

This Special Focus Issue of the peer-reviewed journal Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology provides a snapshot of recent advances in understanding the role of ion channel function in the context of clinical pharmacology with contributions from renowned experts in the field.

This issue will be published along side a Special Issue of the journal Future Medicinal Chemistry - "Ion Channels - key therapeutic targets" also published in May 2010. Together these thematic issues will serve as an instructive resource for all those interested in the development of this exciting field.

Key Topics Covered:

EDITORIAL:

• Welcome to Clinical Pharmacology of Ion Channels

REVIEWS:

• Strategies for the real-time detection of Ca2+ channel events of single cells: recent advances and new possibilities
• Immunopharmacology: utilizing antibodies as ion channel modulators
• Pharmacology of ORAI channels as a tool to understand their physiological functions
• K+ channels in the heart: new insights and therapeutic implications
• Keeping the rhythm: hERG and beyond in cardiovascular safety pharmacology
• Current perspectives on acid-sensing ion channels: new advances and therapeutic implications
• Regulation of cardiovascular TRP channel functions along the NOcGMPPKG axis
• Regulation of airway mucosal hydration
• Na+ channelopathies and epilepsy: recent advances and new perspectives
• Therapeutic potential of KCa3.1 blockers: recent advances and promising trends
• Modulation of ion channels in clinical psychopharmacology: adults and younger people

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