Cannabinoid Modulation of Emotion, Memory, and Motivation

1. Front Matter

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2. Cannabinoid Modulation of Memory and Emotions

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Endocannabinoid Modulation of Memory for Emotionally Arousing Experiences

      • Maria Morena, Patrizia Campolongo

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   3. Cannabinoids Modulation of Emotional and Non-Emotional Memory Processes After Stress

      • Irit Akirav

      Pages 23-43

   4. The Hippocampal Endocannabinoid System in Different Memory Phases: Unveiling the CA1 Circuitry

      • Jorge Alberto Quillfeldt, Lucas de Oliveira Alvares

      Pages 45-71

   5. Interactions Between Cannabinoid Signaling and Anxiety: A Comparative Analysis of Intervention Tools and Behavioral Effects

      • Mano Aliczki, Jozsef Haller

      Pages 73-96

   6. Role of the Endocannabinoid System in Depression: from Preclinical to Clinical Evidence

      • Vincenzo Micale, Katarina Tabiova, Jana Kucerova, Filippo Drago

      Pages 97-129

   7. Cannabinoid Control of Fear Responses

      • Mathilde Metna-Laurent, Giovanni Marsicano, Edgar Soria-Gómez

      Pages 131-155

3. Cannabinoid Modulation of Reward and Motivation

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   2. Subjective and Cognitive Effects of Cannabinoids in Marijuana Smokers

      • Marie R. Ehrler, Erin C. McGlade, Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd

      Pages 159-181

   3. Endocannabinoid-Dopamine Interactions Shape Ethologically Relevant Behavior through Computation of Conditioned Stimuli

      • Erik B. Oleson, Joseph F. Cheer

      Pages 183-204

   4. Synthetic Cannabinoid Effects on Behavior and Motivation

      • William D. Wessinger, Jeffery H. Moran, Kathryn A. Seely

      Pages 205-224

   5. Cannabinoid Modulation of Rodent Ultrasonic Vocalizations in a Social Context: Communicative and Rewarding Properties

      • Antonia Manduca, Louk J. M. J. Vanderschuren, Viviana Trezza

      Pages 225-243

   6. Age-Dependent Effects of Cannabinoids on Neurophysiological, Emotional, and Motivational States

      • María-Paz Viveros, Eva María Marco

      Pages 245-281

   7. Gender Differences in Cannabis Addiction and Dependence

      • Caroline Davis, Liana Fattore

      Pages 283-325

4. Cannabinoid Interactions in Modulating Emotions and Reward

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   2. Cannabinoid-Nicotine Interactions

      • Alessia Auber, Zuzana Justinova, Maria Scherma, Steven R. Goldberg, Leigh V. Panlilio

      Pages 329-361

   3. Cannabinoid-Alcohol Interactions

      • Luis A. Natividad, Paola Maccioni, Loren H. Parsons, Giancarlo Colombo

      Pages 363-391

   4. Cannabinoid-Opioid Interactions

      • Michael L. Miller, Benjamin Chadwick, Claudia V. Morris, Michael Michaelides, Yasmin L. Hurd

      Pages 393-407

   5. Interactions of Cannabis and Amphetamine-Type Stimulants

      • Simone Tambaro, Marco Bortolato

      Pages 409-442

The endocannabinoid system consists of cannabinoid receptors, their endogenous lipid ligands (endocannabinoids) and the enzymatic machinery for their synthesis and degradation. In the brain, endocannabinoids regulate ion channel activity and neurotransmitter release and thereby contribute to various aspects of brain function, including memory, reward and emotions. Their ability to modulate synaptic efficacy has a wide range of functional consequences and provides unique therapeutic possibilities. Unprecedented advances have been made in the understanding of the role of endocannabinoids in the regulation of the emotional brain over the past few years. However, a comprehensive book encompassing all these aspects is still lacking. The book will provide an overview of the role played by the endocannabinoid system in the regulation of emotional processes with particular emphasis on the modulation of memory and reward for emotionally arousing events and for the regulation of motivational aspects in cannabis use.

• behavior
• cannabinoids
• emotion
• motivation
• neurotransmission
• reward

• Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

  Patrizia Campolongo

• Institute of Neuroscience CNR, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

  Liana Fattore

Liana Fattore is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Neuroscience (IN) in Cagliari, National Research Council-Italy (CNR). Among her academic achievements are a BSc in Biology (cum laude), a BSc in Natural Science (cum laude), and a PhD in Neuroscience (cum laude). After a 1-year period as a Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge (UK), she is currently conducting preclinical research at the University of Cagliari (Italy) in the Department of Biomedical Science’s Division of Neuroscience and Clinical Pharmacology. Her research activity is focused on cannabinoids, new designer drugs, pathological dependences, and gender/sex differences in behavioural addictions. Council Member of the Italian Society of Neuroscience (SINS) and the Mediterranean Society of Neuroscience (MNS), she is reviewer for 23 scientific International Journals and (co)author of more than 60 peer-reviewed articles, 9 book chapters, and a monograph.

Patrizia Campolongo is Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” and fellow of the Sapienza School of Advanced Studies. Her research focuses on the role of the endocannabinoid system in the modulation of memory for emotionally arousing events and it is funded by national and international agencies. Dr. Campolongo has carried out part of her research projects at the Center for Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California Irvine, and has been a Visiting Professor at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany. She received several prestigious awards: among them, the Prize “Sapienza Ricerca", for the 6 most promising scientists performing fore-front research within the whole University and the EBBS (European Brain Behaviour Society) Young Investigator Award.

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