Authors will cover hot topics in the field.

Update on last HEP volume on histamine published 25 years ago.

Unique topics are combined a in novel way

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Includes supplementary material: [...]

Part 1: New Analytical tools.- Histamine and histamine receptors: State of the art.- Mass-spectrometric methods for the detection of histamine and histamine metabolites.- Fluorescent ligands and radioligands for the analysis of histamine receptors.- Molecular analysis of histamine receptors: Structural analysis of the histamine H1-receptor.- Molecular modelling approaches for the analysis of histamine receptors.- Cellular analysis of histamine receptors: Histamine release from human mast cells and basophils.- Histamine H2-receptor in blood cells: A suitable target for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia.- Histamine H1-receptor-regulated gene expression and drug action of antihistamines.- Histamine metabolism and transport: Analysis of the role of histamine and genetically engineered mice in a human disease model.- Histamine clearance through polyspecific transporters in the brain.- Histamine decarboxylase deficiency as a cause for Tourette syndrome.- Histamine food poisoning.- Integrative role of histamine in major organ systems: Pharmacological implications: Regulation of the cardiovascular system by histamine.- Regulation of eating behavior by histamine.- Role of the histamine H3-receptor in the CNS.- Role of the histamine H4-receptor in bronchial asthma.- The histamine H4-receptor in pruritic skin disease.- Histamine in allergy and antihistamines.