Blockade of Effects of Smoked Marijuana by the CB1-Selective Cannabinoid Receptor Antagonist SR141716
Author(s) -
Marilyn A. Huestis,
David A. Gorelick,
Stephen J. Heishman,
Kenzie L. Preston,
Richard Alan Nelson,
Eric T. Moolchan,
Richard Frank
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.58.4.322
Subject(s) - cannabinoid receptor , cannabinoid , antagonist , rimonabant , placebo , pharmacology , delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol , cannabinoid receptor antagonist , blockade , medicine , psychology , receptor , alternative medicine , pathology
SR141716, a recently developed CB1 cannabinoid receptor antagonist, blocks acute effects of Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and other CB1 cannabinoid agonists in vitro and in animals. These findings suggest that CB1 receptors mediate many of the effects of marijuana, but this has not been evaluated in humans.
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