Histamine and Histamine Receptors in Health and Disease

1. Analytical Methods for the Quantification of Histamine and Histamine Metabolites
Heike Bähre, Volkhard Kaever

2. Structural Analysis of the Histamine H1 Receptor
Mitsunori Shiroishi, Takuya Kobayashi

3. Molecular Modelling Approaches for the Analysis of Histamine Receptors and Their Interaction with Ligands
Andrea Strasser, Hans-Joachim Wittmann

4. Pharmacological Characterization of Human Histamine Receptors and Histamine Receptor Mutants in the Sf9 Cell Expression System
Erich H. Schneider, Roland Seifert

5. Histamine Release from Mast Cells and Basophils
Francesco Borriello, Raffaella Iannone, Gianni Marone

6. Histamine H2 Receptor in Blood Cells: A Suitable Target for the Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Federico Monczor, Sabrina Copsel, Natalia Fernandez, Carlos Davio, Carina Shayo

7. Histamine H1 Receptor Gene Expression and Drug Action of Antihistamines
Hiroyuki Fukui, Hiroyuki Mizuguchi, Hisao Nemoto, Yoshiaki Kitamura, Yoshiki Kashiwada, Noriaki Takeda

8. Histamine Clearance Through Polyspecific Transporters in the Brain
Takeo Yoshikawa, Kazuhiko Yanai

9. Histidine Decarboxylase Knockout Mice as a Model of the Pathophysiology of Tourette Syndrome and Related Conditions
Christopher Pittenger

10. Histamine Food Poisoning
Maria Schirone, Pierina Visciano, Rosanna Tofalo, Giovanna Suzzi

11. Regulation of the Cardiovascular System by Histamine
Yuichi Hattori, Kohshi Hattori, Naoyuki Matsuda

12. Changes in Histidine Decarboxylase, Histamine N-Methyltransferase and Histamine Receptors in Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Ling Shan, Ai-Min Bao, Dick F. Swaab

13. Role of the Histamine H3 Receptor in the Central Nervous System
Eberhard Schlicker, Markus Kathmann

14. Clinical Development of Histamine H4 Receptor Antagonists
Robin L. Thurmond, Jennifer Venable, Brad Savall, David La, Sandra Snook, Paul J. Dunford, James P. Edwards

15. Allergy, Histamine and Antihistamines
Martin K. Church

16. Histamine and Histamine Receptors in Allergic Dermatitis
Hiroshi Ohtsu, Masahiro Seike

17. Role of the Histamine H4-Receptor in Bronchial Asthma
Detlef Neumann

Keywords: Biomedicine, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Biochemistry, general, Neurosciences, Immunology, Endocrinology