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Title

Biology of marijuana : from gene to behavior / edited by Emmanuel S. Onaivi.

Publication

London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, c2002.

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Additional Authors

Onaivi, Emmanuel S.

Description

xix, 635 p., [4] p. of plates : ill.; 25 cm.

Subject

• Behavior > drug effects
• Cannabinoids > pharmacology
• Cannabis > Physiological effect
• Marijuana > Physiological effect
• Marijuana > Psychological aspects
• Marijuana > Toxicology
• Marijuana Abuse > genetics
• Marijuana abuse
• Nervous System > drug effects
• Receptors, Drug > physiology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Cannabinoid receptor genetics and behavior / Emmanuel S. Onaivi [and others] -- Cannabinoid therapeutic potential in motivational processes, psychological disorders and central nervous system disorders / Richard E. Musty -- Marijuana addiction and CNS reward-related events / Eliot L. Gardner -- Effects of marijuana on human performance and assessment of driving impairment / Stephen J. Heishman -- Biology of endocannabinoids / Vincenzo Di Marzo [and others] -- Cannabinoids and endocannabinoids : behavioral and developmental aspects / Ester Fride, M. Clara Sanudo-Pena -- Marijuana and movement disorders / M. Clara Sanudo-Pena, Ester Fride -- Effects of marijuana on brain: function and structure / William H. Wilson, Roy J. Mathew -- Marijuana and cannabinoid effects on immunity and AIDS / Guy A. Cabral -- Marijuana and cognitive function / Nadia Solowij -- Marijuana and endocrine function / Laura L. Murphy --^
• Embryonic cannabinoid receptors are targets for natural and endocannabinoids during early pregnancy / B.C. Paria, S.K. Dey -- Antiemetic action of [delta]9-tetrahydrocannabinol and synthetic cannabinoids in chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting / Nissar A. Darmani -- Cannabis and prostaglandins : an overview / Sumner H. Burstein -- Cannabinoid mediated signal transduction / Michelle Glass, Sean D. McAllister -- Deregulation of membrane and receptor mediated signaling by THC -- therapeutic implications / Gabriel G. Nahas [and others] -- Cannabinoid receptors : the relationship between structure and function / Patricia H. Reggio -- Endocannabinoid proteins and ligands / Sonya L. Palmer, Atmaram D. Khanolkar, Alexandros Makriyannis -- Electrophysiological actions of marijuana / Paul Schweitzer -- The vascular pharmacology of endocannabinoids / Michael D. Randall, David Harris, David A. Kendall --^
• The cannabinoid receptors and their interactions with synthetic cannabinoid agonists and antagonists / David Shire [and others] -- Cannabinoids as analgesics / J. Michael Walker, Nicole M. Strangman, Susan M. Huang -- Effects of acute and chronic cannabinoids on memory : from behavior to genes / Robert E. Hampson, Elena Grigorenko, Sam A. Deadwyler -- Adverse effects of marijuana / John R. Hubbard.

ISBN

041527348X

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library