title: Ethanol, endocannabinoids, and the cannabinoidergic signaling system.
abstract: 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.
authors: New York State Psychiatric Institute and the Nathan Kline Institute, Orangeburg, New York 10962, USA. hungund@nki.rfmh.org
authors: Basalingappa L
authors: BL
authors: Hungund
authors: Balapal S
authors: BS
authors: Basavarajappa
authors: Csaba
authors: C
authors: Vadasz
authors: George
authors: G
authors: Kunos
authors: Fernando
authors: F
authors: Rodriguez de Fonseca
authors: Giancarlo
authors: G
authors: Colombo
authors: Salvatore
authors: S
authors: Serra
authors: Loren
authors: L
authors: Parsons
authors: George F
authors: GF
authors: Koob
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D063385:Cannabinoid Receptor Modulators; D002186:Cannabinoids; D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants; D063388:Endocannabinoids; D043882:Receptors, Cannabinoid; D011955:Receptors, Drug; D000431:Ethanol; D004298:Dopamine