The Latest Research for Neuropharmacology and Neurotransmission

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to collect original research papers and review articles on the most recent progresses achieved in the field of neuropharmacology addressing neurotransmission in the CNS and the imbalances of neurotransmitter systems in various diseases impacting the CNS. This Special Issue covers the development of drugs toward single or multiple targets (ionotropic, metabotropic receptors, enzymes, and transporters) with particular mechanisms of action (agonist, partial agonist, antagonist, inverse agonist, biased agonist, allosteric modulator, inhibitors, and biased location, etc.). This Special Issue also intends to explore strategies aimed at controlling the activity of neurotransmitter systems that could involve multiple interactions between systems of neurotransmissions. Without disregarding the classical systems of neurotransmission (serotonin, noradrenaline, dopamine, acétylcholine, histamine, GABA, and glutamate/aspartate) that are a focus of several neuropsychiatric and neurological diseases, this Special Issue welcomes articles addressing the function and/or status of neuropeptidergic systems and their target, as well as other neurotransmitter systems (purines, endocannabinoids, nitric oxide) in the healthy and afflicted CNS.

Prof. Dr. Philippe De Deurwaerdere
Guest Editor

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