THE ROLE F ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM IN DRUG ADDICTION AND EATING DISORDERS

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Authors	ŠULCOVÁ Alexandra
Year of publication	2007
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Psychiatrie, časopis pro moderní psychiatrii
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Medicine
Citation
Field	Pharmacology and pharmaceutical chemistry
Keywords	endocannbainoid system; physiology; pathophysiology; therapeutic utilisation
Description	Recently discovered endocannabinoid system is, according to pieces of knowledge available, involved in regulation of number of both central and peripheral physiological functions. Those are under further investigation and there is seeking for approaches how to influence them exogenously with pharmacotherapeutical intents. Among reasonable indications are substance abuse and metabolic syndrome what is discussed in the article.
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