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Academic Press Inc
08 November 2024
Substance P: From Pain to Cancer, a volume in the Molecular Mediators in Health and Disease: How Cells Communicate series, provides a complete discussion of substance P biology, its role in normal physiology and a variety of diseases.

The volume provides an introduction to substance P and its pharmacology, followed by exploring its role across the human body including cardiovascular function, micturition, learning and memory, emesis, respiration and sleep. It then discusses the critical role of substance P in several disease states including acute brain injury, neurodegeneration, seizures, depression and anxiety, cancer, musculoskeletal disorders, and viral infection, including COVID-19. The book closes with a look towards future perspectives for substance P.

Substance P: From Pain to Cancer is an ideal reference for researchers across the life sciences interested in understanding the role of this multi-functioning mediator and its biological significance.
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Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 191mm, 
Weight:   450g
ISBN:   9780443221941
ISBN 10:   0443221944
Series:   Molecular Mediators in Health and Disease: How Cells Communicate
Pages:   550
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Robert Vink is an Emeritus Professor at the University of South Australia and is currently Chair of the Board for Connectivity: Traumatic Brain Injury Australia. He was previously appointed as the Professor and Chair of Neurosurgical Research and Head of School, Medical Sciences at the University of Adelaide, Australia. Throughout his time as a teaching/research academic he led a highly productive research group and maintained an extensive publication output. He is the author of over 260 articles and book chapters. He has supervised more than 30 graduate research students, many of whom now hold significant academic and other positions throughout Australia and internationally. He is known internationally for his work in traumatic brain injury and has received numerous prestigious awards and appointments related to this. He currently provides research consulting services to universities and the pharmaceutical industry.

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