This second edition provides new and updated chapters detailing all major elements of the ECB system. Chapters guide readers through identification of drug targets, electrophysiology, computational chemistry, and machine learning. Written in the successful Methods in Molecular B…
This second edition provides new and updated chapters detailing all major elements of the ECB system. Chapters guide readers through identification of drug targets, electrophysiology, computational chemistry, and machine learning. Written in the successful Methods in Molecular B…
"Chronic pain places a tremendous burden on both the patient and the healthcare system. The use of opioids to address pain has resulted in negative impacts. As practitioners work to undo the current opioid crisis, options to manage pain need a new approach. Advanced Therapeutics…
by Parker, Linda, (Linda A.), M.I.T. Press
fromThe MIT Press
The author presents a review of the scientific evidence on the effects of cannabinoids on brain and behavioral functioning, with an emphasis on potential therapeutic use. The author reviews the evidence on cannabinoids and anxiety, depression, mood, sleep, schizophrenia, learnin…
After decades of misinformation about cannabis largely due to the well-funded propaganda campaign in the 1930s, public attitudes toward the drug have finally begun to evolve. In 1996, California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana and since then, 28 other states…
"Research on cannabis and sleep is emerging with promising results. This book offers current and comprehensive knowledge on cannabinoid research results in connection with sleep. The volume covers aspects of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa, the pharmacology of cannabinoids, neuro…
Research on cannabis and sleep is emerging with promising results. This book offers current and comprehensive knowledge on cannabinoid research results in connection with sleep. The volume covers aspects of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa, the pharmacology of cannabinoids, neurob…
"Only a few years ago the endocannabinoid system was unknown, but today we are aware that endocannabinoids are involved in many functions of the mammalian body - neuroprotection, appetite and suckling, pain, reproduction, anxiety, memory and bone formation. This volume presents …
This volume encompasses all major methodologies to interrogate endocannabinoid systems (ECS) and endocannabinoids (eCBs) signaling. With increasing interest towards the manifold activities of eCBs, this book discusses the chemical, biochemical, and molecular biological assays, a…
'Cannabinoids' is a broad term covering a group of natural products from Cannabis sativa, one of which locks on to specific receptors -- protein molecules on the surface of cells -- known as cannabinoid receptors.
