Cannabinoids, eating behaviour, and energy homeostasis

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 52-58

  Romero Zerbo, Silvana Y ^a   Bermúdez Silva, Francisco J ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endocannabinoids; Energy balance; Feeding; Obesity; Phytocannabinoids

Indexed keywords

DRUG INTERACTIONS; NUTRITION;

CANNABINOIDS; EATING BEHAVIOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; ENERGY HOMEOSTASIS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALLING; MEDICAL BENEFITS; OBESITY; PHYTOCANNABINOID; SIGNALING SYSTEMS; WESTERN SOCIETIES;

BRAIN;

ADIPONECTIN; ANANDAMIDE; BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; RIMONABANT; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOGENESIS; MORBIDITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OBESITY; PALATABILITY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ENDOCANNABINOIDS; ENERGY BALANCE; FEEDING; OBESITY; PHYTOCANNABINOIDS;

ANIMALS; CANNABINOIDS; CANNABIS; DRUG DISCOVERY; EATING; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 84892459992     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1594     Document Type: Article

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