Endocannabinoids

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pertwee, Roger G. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, 231
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Neurosciences.; Pharmacology.; Psychopharmacology.; Cytokines.; Growth factors.; Cell biology.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Cell Biology.; Cytokines and Growth Factors.
• Physical Description: XII, 475 p. 21 illus., 15 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319208251
• ISSN: 0171-2004 ;

There is currently considerable interest in the development of medicines that would enhance endocannabinoid-induced “autoprotection”, for example through inhibition of endocannabinoid metabolizing enzymes or cellular uptake processes or that would oppose endocannabinoid-induced “autoimpairment”. This volume describes the physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology of the endocannabinoid system and potential strategies for targeting this system in the clinic.