Cannabinoid regulation of brain reward processing with an emphasis on the role of CB1 receptors: a step back into the future

Over the last decades the endocannabinoid system has been implicated in a large variety of functions, including a crucial modulation of brain reward circuits and the regulation of motivational processes. Importantly, behavioural studies have shown that cannabinoid compounds activate brain reward mec...

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Main Authors: George ePanagis, Brian eMackey, Styliani eVlachou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00092/full