Modulation of potassium channels plays a very important part in nerve cell function in the autonomic nervous system. Compounds are now in development which can open or close potassium channels and will have numerous therapeutic applications. The major areas of clinical relevance will be hypertension, asthma and irritable bladder syndrome. The book describes the pharmacology of the channels and strategies for the design of drugs which exploit them. It consists of 17 chapters by international experts in the field which are written at a high level and will be of interest to pharmacologists and those in related clinical research disciplines
