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SUBMITTER: Serrano A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3209522 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Serrano Antonia A Parsons Loren H LH
Pharmacology & therapeutics 20110718 3
The endogenous cannabinoid system is an important regulatory system involved in physiological homeostasis. Endocannabinoid signaling is known to modulate neural development, immune function, metabolism, synaptic plasticity and emotional state. Accumulating evidence also implicates brain endocannabinoid signaling in the etiology of drug addiction which is characterized by compulsive drug seeking, loss of control in limiting drug intake, emergence of a negative emotional state in the absence of dr ...[more]