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“…Intro -- NITROUS OXIDE AND NEUROTRANSMISSION -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: NITROUS OXIDE AND THE ENDOGENOUS OPIOID SYSTEM -- THE ENDOGENOUS OPIOID SYSTEM -- DEMONSTRATION OF OPIOID RECEPTOR BLOCKADE THAT IS STEREOSPECIFIC -- DEMONSTRATION OF CROSS-TOLERANCE AND DEPENDENCE ON OPIOIDS -- RADIOACTIVE RECEPTOR-BINDING ASSAYS -- ISOLATED ORGAN BATH EXPERIMENTS -- IN VIVO BRAIN IMAGING STUDIES -- HOW NITROUS OXIDE INTERACTS WITH OPIOID RECEPTORS ON A PHYSICO-CHEMICAL BASIS: AN HYPOTHESIS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: NITROUS OXIDE AND THE DOPAMINE SYSTEM -- DOPAMINE RECEPTORS -- PHARMACOLOGICAL STUDIES -- SYNTHESIS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: NITROUS OXIDE AND THE ADRENERGIC SYSTEM -- ADRENERGIC RECEPTORS -- EVIDENCE THAT NITROUS OXIDE HAS ADRENERGIC ACTIONS -- INVOLVEMENT OF ΑLPHA-ADRENERGIC RECEPTORS -- SYNTHESIS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: NITROUS OXIDE AND THE CYS-LOOP SUPERFAMILY SYSTEMS (GABA, NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE GLYCINE AND SEROTONIN3) -- CYS-LOOP RECEPTORS -- GABA RECEPTORS -- GABA RECEPTORS -- NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS -- GLYCINE RECEPTORS -- SEROTONIN3 RECEPTORS -- SYNTHESIS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5: NITROUS OXIDE AND THE GLUTAMINERGIC SYSTEM -- GLUTAMATE RECEPTORS -- INTERACTION OF NITROUS OXIDE WITH GLUTAMATE RECEPTORS: CLUES FROM THE USE OF NITROUS OXIDE FOR AMELIORATING SUBSTANCE ABUSE -- INTERACTION OF NITROUS OXIDE WITH GLUTAMATE RECEPTORS: CLUES FROM THE NEUROPROTECTIVE ACTIONS OF NITROUS OXIDE -- EVIDENCE THAT NITROUS OXIDE INTERACTS WITH GLUTAMINERGIC RECEPTORS -- SYNTHESIS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6: NITROUS OXIDE AND VOLTAGE-GATED ION CHANNELS -- EFFECT OF NITROUS OXIDE ON POTASSIUM CHANNELS -- EFFECT OF NITROUS OXIDE ON CALCIUM CHANNELS -- EFFECT OF NITROUS OXIDE ON SODIUM/CALCIUM EXCHANGE -- SYNTHESIS -- REFERENCES…”