A low-Δ9tetrahydrocannabinol cannabis extract induces hyperphagia in rats

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 769-772

  Farrimond, Jonathan A ^a,b   Whalley, Benjamin J ^b   Williams, Claire M ^a  

^a Schools of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

9tetrahydrocannabinol; Appetite; Feeding; Hyperphagia; Phytocannabinoid; Rat

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; DRONABINOL; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONIST;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERPHAGIA; INCREASED APPETITE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONISTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRONABINOL; HYPERPHAGIA; MALE; RATS;

EID: 78651410455     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FBP.0b013e328340a062     Document Type: Article

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