Pharmacology and Therapeutics of Cough

Chapter 1 Cough: Setting the Scene

Chapter 2 Cough Sensors. I. Physiological and Pharmacological Properties of the Afferent Nerves Regulating Cough

Chapter 3 Cough Sensors. II. Transient Receptor Potential Membrane Receptors on Cough Sensors

Chapter 4 Cough Sensors. III. Opioid and Cannabinoid Receptors on Vagal Sensory Nerves

Chapter 5 Cough Sensors. IV. Nicotinic Membrane Receptors on Cough Sensors

Chapter 6 Cough Sensors. V. Pharmacological Modulation of Cough Sensors

Chapter 7 Peripheral Mechanisms I: Plasticity of Peripheral Pathways

Chapter 8 Peripheral Mechanisms II: The Pharmacology of Peripherally Active Antitussive Drugs

Chapter 9 Central Mechanisms I: Plasticity of Central Pathways

Chapter 10 Central Mechanisms II: Pharmacology of Brainstem Pathways

Chapter 11 Central Mechanisms III: Neuronal Mechanisms of Action of Centrally Acting Antitussives Using Electrophysiological and Neurochemical Study Approaches

Chapter 12 Central Mechanisms IV: Conscious Control of Cough and the Placebo Effect

Chapter 13 Clinical Cough I: The Urge-To-Cough: A Respiratory Sensation

Chapter 14 Clinical Cough II: Therapeutic Treatments and Management of Chronic Cough

Chapter 15 Clinical Cough III: Measuring the Cough Response in the Laboratory

Chapter 16 Clinical Cough IV:What is the Minimal Important Difference for the Leicester Cough Questionnaire?

Chapter 17 Clinical cough V: complementary and alternative medicine: therapy of cough.

Chapter 18 Clinical Cough VI: The Need for New Therapies for Cough: Disease-Specific and Symptom-Related Antitussives