Medical Pharmacology at a Glance follows the now familiar, easy–to–use double page spread format of the at a Glance series. They are always professionally written, extremely informative and have a good mix of text and imagery.

Nuclear receptors for steroid hormones ( Chapter 34) and thyroid hormones ( Chapter 35) are present in the cell nucleus and regulate transcription and thus protein synthesis. The market-leading at a Glance series is popular among healthcare students, and newly qualified practitioners for its concise, simple approach and excellent illustrations. The series is popular among healthcare students, residents, and newly qualified practitioners for its concise and simple approach and excellent illustrations. Medical Pharmacology at a Glance is one of the most renowned undergraduate texts in the field of medical pharmacology. Local hormones (autacoids), such as histamine, serotonin (5‐hydroxytryptamine, 5HT), kinins and prostaglandins, are released in pathological processes.Covering a wide range of topics, books in the at a Glance series are ideal as introductory texts for teaching, learning and revision, and are useful throughout university and beyond. Kinase‐linked receptors are surface receptors that possess (usually) intrinsic tyrosine kinase activity. This well illustrated volume, in the "At a Glance" series, is suitable for undergraduate medical and pharmacology students seeking a text for revision.

I do have friends and family members who are practicing doctors and who use this book though, so the fact that they do would suggest an endorsement of its usefulness.Each bite-sized chapter is covered in a double-page spread with clear, easy-to-follow diagrams, supported by succinct explanatory text. Black Bag, Medical Student′s Society of Bristol University, August 1997 issue "An essential addition to every students pile of books. The author discusses the mechanisms of action of each drug, indicating the therapeutics of choice for specific conditions. This useful book summarises the core principles of the mode of action od drugs and puts this information within the context of body systems and specific clinical problems.