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Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
2001
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- Vegetal marijuana, animal marijuana Oscar Prospéro García Eric Murillo Rodríguez Dolores Martínez González Mónica Méndez Díaz Javier Velázquez Moctezuma Luz Navarro Medicina mating feeding Oleamide sleeping anandamide Marijuana is the illicit drug most commonly used worldwide. Themechanisms by which this drug affects the brain have been studiedexhaustively during the last 40 years, and better understood in thelast decade. For example, the discovery of receptors to whichmarijuana binds, has been a major achievement in neurosciencesand in the study of drug addiction. Moreover, the description of theendogenous ligands, the endocannabinoids, has shed light to thephysiology of the brain regulating several behaviors: from pain topleasure and from sex to thinking.For all these exciting effects, endocannabinoids are an importanttarget for therapeutic endeavors. 2001 artículo científico 0185-3325 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=58242407 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=582 Salud Mental application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz Salud Mental (México) Num.4 Vol.24