Paul Ehrlich and his receptor concept
The development of the concept of drug receptors in the physiological research of J.N. Langley
The receptors and scientific pharmacology I: the critics of the receptor idea and alternative theories of drug action, c. 1905-1935
The receptors and scientific pharmacology II: the critics of the receptor idea and alternative research strands: the transmitter theory, c. 1905-1935
Quantitative arguments for the existence of drug receptors and the development of the receptor occupancy theory, c. 1910-1960
The dual adrenaline receptor theory of Raymond P. Ahlquist (1914-1983) and its application in drug development between 1950 and 1970
The emergence of molecular pharmacology.
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A short history of the drug receptor concept by Cay-Rüdiger Prüll. ISBN 9780230554153. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
