Cannabinoids / edited by Vincenzo Di Marzo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Di Marzo, Vincenzo, editor.

Standardized Title:

Cannabinoids (2014)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cannabinoids.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Cannabinoids' is a broad term covering a group of natural products from Cannabis sativa, one of which locks on to specific receptors -- protein molecules on the surface of cells -- known as cannabinoid receptors.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print verison record.

ISBN:

9781118451274

1118451279

9781118451281

1118451287

9781118451250

1118451252

OCLC:

884547958