Role of the endocannabinoid system in abdominal obesity and the implications for cardiovascular risk

Cardiology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 212-225

  Rosenson, Robert S ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Endocannabinoid; Energy balance; Global cardiometabolic risk

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; PLACEBO; RIMONABANT;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANXIETY; ASTHENIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTUSION; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EATING DISORDER; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENERGY BALANCE; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; IRRITABILITY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; METABOLIC DISORDER; MODULATION; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TENDINITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PIPERIDINES; PYRAZOLES; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67651205124     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000230691     Document Type: Review

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