Endogenous opiates and behavior: 2005

RJ Bodnar, GE Klein - Peptides, 2006 - Elsevier
This paper is the 28th consecutive installment of the annual review of research concerning
the endogenous opioid system, now spanning over a quarter-century of research. It …

Endocannabinoid regulation of reward and reinforcement through interaction with dopamine and endogenous opioid signaling

JM Wenzel, JF Cheer - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2018 - nature.com
The endocannabinoid system (eCB) is implicated in the mediation of both reward and
reinforcement. This is evidenced by the ability of exogenous cannabinoid drugs to produce …

Cannabinoid and opioid interactions: implications for opiate dependence and withdrawal

JL Scavone, RC Sterling, EJ Van Bockstaele - Neuroscience, 2013 - Elsevier
Withdrawal from opiates, such as heroin or oral narcotics, is characterized by a host of
aversive physical and emotional symptoms. High rates of relapse and limited treatment …

Care and feeding of the endocannabinoid system: a systematic review of potential clinical interventions that upregulate the endocannabinoid system

JM McPartland, GW Guy, V Di Marzo - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background The “classic” endocannabinoid (eCB) system includes the cannabinoid
receptors CB1 and CB2, the eCB ligands anandamide (AEA) and 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2 …

Endocannabinoid influence in drug reinforcement, dependence and addiction-related behaviors

A Serrano, LH Parsons - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2011 - Elsevier
The endogenous cannabinoid system is an important regulatory system involved in
physiological homeostasis. Endocannabinoid signaling is known to modulate neural …

Sex differences in drug addiction: a review of animal and human studies

L Fattore, S Altea, W Fratta - Women's Health, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Addiction research has historically neglected research on women, and most studies have
been conducted on men only, with the concluding results generalized to the female …

Cannabis use, abuse, and withdrawal: Cannabinergic mechanisms, clinical, and preclinical findings

AJ Kesner, DM Lovinger - Journal of neurochemistry, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cannabis sativa is the most widely used illicit drug in the world. Its main psychoactive
component is delta‐9‐tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), one of over 100 phytocannabinoid …

Male and female rats differ in brain cannabinoid CB1 receptor density and function and in behavioural traits predisposing to drug addiction: effect of ovarian hormones

M Paola Castelli, P Fadda, A Casu… - Current …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Sex-dependent differences are frequently observed in the biological and behavioural effects
of substances of abuse, including cannabis. We recently demonstrated a modulating effect …

Effect of rapid curing process on the properties of carbon fiber/epoxy composite fabricated using vacuum assisted resin infusion molding

K Zhang, Y Gu, Z Zhang - Materials & Design (1980-2015), 2014 - Elsevier
Long processing cycle makes vacuum assisted resin infusion molding (VARIM) only suitable
for low and medium volumes of production, and shortening of curing time is critical to …

Neurochemical basis of cannabis addiction

R Maldonado, F Berrendero, A Ozaita, P Robledo - Neuroscience, 2011 - Elsevier
Cannabis derivatives have become the most widely used illicit substances in developed
countries, and constitute a major health concern. The psychoactive compounds contained in …