Ethanol, endocannabinoids, and the cannabinoidergic signaling system.
This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2001 annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism in Montreal, Canada. The chairpersons were Appa Hungund and George Koob. The presentations were (1) Role of endocannabinoids in ethanol tolerance, by Appa Hungund; (2) Modulation of cannabinoid receptor and its signal transduction in chronic alcoholism, by B. S. Basavarajappa; (3) Endocannabinoid involvement in the control of appetitive behavior, by George Kunos; (4) Regulation of voluntary ethanol intake by cannabinoid receptor agonists and antagonists in alcohol-preferring sP rats, by Giancarlo Colombo; (5) Role of endogenous cannabinoid system in alcoholism, by Fernado Rodriguez de Fonseca; and (6) Endocannabinoids and dopamine interactions in vivo, by Loren Parsons and George Koob.
Hungund
Basalingappa L
BL
New York State Psychiatric Institute and the Nathan Kline Institute, Orangeburg, New York 10962, USA. hungund@nki.rfmh.org
Basavarajappa
Balapal S
BS
Vadasz
Csaba
C
Kunos
George
G
Rodriguez de Fonseca
Fernando
F
Colombo
Giancarlo
G
Serra
Salvatore
S
Parsons
Loren
L
Koob
George F
GF
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D063385:Cannabinoid Receptor Modulators; D002186:Cannabinoids / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants / Q000494:pharmacology; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D063388:Endocannabinoids; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D043882:Receptors, Cannabinoid; D011955:Receptors, Drug / Q000819:agonists / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*
D063385:Cannabinoid Receptor Modulators; D002186:Cannabinoids; D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants; D063388:Endocannabinoids; D043882:Receptors, Cannabinoid; D011955:Receptors, Drug; D000431:Ethanol; D004298:Dopamine