title: Pharmacology down under in 2003.
abstract: The annual meeting of the Australasian Society for Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists held November 30 to December 3, 2003, in Sydney, Australia, had a major focus on G-protein-coupled receptors. Other areas of focus were cellular/tissue growth and repair and new cardiovascular protective mechanisms. The meeting also considered novel drugs that interact with the GABA(C) receptor channel, anticancer prodrugs, antiinflammatory agents, neuroprotective agents and drugs in pain therapeutics.
authors.affiliation: Doggrell Biomedical Communications, Lynfield, Auckland, New Zealand. s_doggrell@ yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sheila A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Doggrell
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D019440:Anti-Obesity Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D011355:Prodrugs / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / Q000819:agonists* / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D018079:Receptors, GABA / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D019440:Anti-Obesity Agents; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; C087200:GABA-C receptor; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D011355:Prodrugs; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D018079:Receptors, GABA