Cannabis and alcohol - A close friendship

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 266-268

  Mechoulam, Raphael ^a   Parker, Linda ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CANNABIS; RIMONABANT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0037666070     PISSN: 01656147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-6147(03)00107-X     Document Type: Short Survey

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