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Ethanol, Endocannabinoids, and the Cannabinoidergic Signaling System
Author(s) -
Hungund Basalingappa L.,
Basavarajappa Balapal S.,
Vadasz Csaba,
Kunos George,
Rodriguez de Fonseca Fernando,
Colombo Giancarlo,
Serra Salvatore,
Parsons Loren,
Koob George F.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2002.tb02575.x
Subject(s) - endocannabinoid system , ethanol , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , neuroscience , biology , biochemistry , receptor
This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2001 annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism in Montreal, Canada. The chairpersons were Appa Hungund and George Koob. The presentations were (1) Role of endocannabinoids in ethanol tolerance, by Appa Hungund; (2) Modulation of cannabinoid receptor and its signal transduction in chronic alcoholism, by B. S. Basavarajappa; (3) Endocannabinoid involvement in the control of appetitive behavior, by George Kunos; (4) Regulation of voluntary ethanol intake by cannabinoid receptor agonists and antagonists in alcohol‐preferring sP rats, by Giancarlo Colombo; (5) Role of endogenous cannabinoid system in alcoholism, by Fernado Rodriguez de Fonseca; and (6) Endocannabinoids and dopamine interactions in vivo, by Loren Parsons and George Koob.