Histamine pharmacology: four years on

Br J Pharmacol. 2013 Sep;170(1):1-3. doi: 10.1111/bph.12319.

Abstract

The histamine field has moved on rapidly in the last four years, with expansion in roles and clinical development, particularly in the newest two of four histamine receptors. This themed volume is a testament to this expansion with 16 original and review articles spanning a wide spectrum of histamine-related topics, with therapeutic translational relevance to addiction, dementias, anxiety disorders, cancers, vestibular disorders, migraine and autoimmune disorders.

Keywords: CNS; alcohol; biased signalling; cancer; chemogenomics; endothelium; histamine; immune cells; inflammation; neuropharmacology.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Histamine / metabolism*
  • Histamine Agents / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Receptors, Histamine / metabolism*

Substances

  • Histamine Agents
  • Receptors, Histamine
  • Histamine