Cannabinoids /

• Other Authors: Di Marzo, Vincenzo (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley Blackwell, 2014.
• Subjects: Cannabinoids.; Cannabinoids > history.; Cannabinoids > pharmacology.; Cannabinoids > therapeutic use.; History, 20th Century.; Receptors, Cannabinoid > physiology.; MEDICAL > Pharmacology.; Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

• Looking ahead after 50 years of research on cannabinoids / Raphael Mechoulam
• Cannabinoid receptor intracellular signaling : the long journey from binding sites to biological effects / Lawrence C. Blume, Khalil M. Eldeeb, and Allyn C. Howlett
• Endocannabinoid biochemistry : what do we know after 50 years? / Filomena Fezza and Mauro Maccarrone
• Genetic dissection of the endocannabinoid system and how it changed our knowledge of cannabinoid pharmacology and mammalian physiology / Beat Lutz
• Cannabinoids, endocannabinoids, and stress / Cecilia J. Hillard, Qing-song Liu, XiaoQian Liu, Bin Pan, Christopher J. Roberts, and Leyu Shi
• Cannabinoids and the brain : new hopes for new therapies / Javier Fernández-Ruiz, Mariluz Hernández, and Yolanda García-Movellán
• Potential therapeutic applications of cannabinoids in gastrointestinal and liver diseases : focus on tetrahydrocannabinol pharmacology / Paolo Caraceni, Francesca Borrelli, Ferdinando A. Giannone, and Angelo A. Izzo
• Years of cannabinoid research and the need for a new nomenclature / Vincenzo Di Marzo and Luciano De Petrocellis.