| Literature DB >> 17952655 |
Giancarlo Colombo1, Alessandro Orrù, Paola Lai, Claudia Cabras, Paola Maccioni, Marina Rubio, Gian Luigi Gessa, Mauro A M Carai.
Abstract
Several lines of preclinical evidence indicate the ability of the prototypic cannabinoid CB(1) receptor antagonist, rimonabant, to suppress various alcohol-related behaviors, including alcohol drinking and seeking behavior and alcohol self-administration in rats and mice. Together, these data-synthetically reviewed in the present paper-suggest (a) the involvement of the cannabinoid CB(1) receptor in the neural substrate controlling alcohol intake, alcohol reinforcement, and the motivational properties of alcohol and (b) that rimonabant may constitute a new and potentially effective medication for the treatment of alcohol dependence.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17952655 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-007-0017-y
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Neurobiol ISSN: 0893-7648 Impact factor: 5.590