Cannabinoid Modulation of Emotion, Memory, and Motivation (eBook)

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.

Part 1Cannabinoid Modulation of Memory and EmotionsChapter 1Endocannabinoid Modulation of Memory for Emotionally Arousing ExperiencesMaria Morena and Patrizia CampolongoChapter 2Cannabinoids Modulation of Emotional and Non-Emotional Memory Processes After StressIrit AkiravChapter 3The Hippocampal Endocannabinoid System in Different Memory Phases: Unveiling the CA1 CircuitryJorge Alberto Quillfeldt and Lucas de Oliveira AlvaresChapter 4Interactions Between Cannabinoid Signaling and Anxiety: a Comparative Analysis of Intervention Tools and Behavioral EffectsMano Aliczki and Jozsef HallerChapter 5Role of the Endocannabinoid System in Depression: from Preclinical to Clinical EvidenceVincenzo Micale, Katarina Tabiova, Jana Kucerova, and Filippo DragoChapter 6Cannabinoid Control of Fear ResponsesMathilde Metna-Laurent, Giovanni Marsicano and Edgar Soria-GómezPart 2Cannabinoid Modulation of Reward and MotivationChapter 7Subjective and Cognitive Effects of Cannabinoids in Marijuana SmokersMarie R. Ehrler, Erin C. McGlade, and Deborah A. Yurgelun-ToddChapter 8Endocannabinoid-Dopamine Interactions Shape Ethologically Relevant Behavior through Computation of Conditioned StimuliErik B. Oleson and Joseph F. CheerChapter 9Synthetic Cannabinoid Effects on Behavior and MotivationWilliam D. Wessinger, Jeffery H. Moran, and Kathryn A. SeelyChapter 10Cannabinoid Modulation of Rodent Ultrasonic Vocalizations in a Social Context: Communicative and Rewarding PropertiesAntonia Manduca, Louk J.M.J. Vanderschuren, and Viviana TrezzaChapter 11Age-Dependent Effects of Cannabinoids on Neurophysiological, Emotional, and Motivational StatesMaría-Paz Viveros and Eva María MarcoChapter 12Gender Differences in Cannabis Addiction and DependenceCaroline Davis and Liana FattorePart 3Cannabinoid Interactions in Modulating Emotions and RewardChapter 13Cannabinoid-Nicotine InteractionsAlessia Auber, Zuzana Justinova, Maria Scherma, Steven R. Goldberg, and Leigh V. PanlilioChapter 14Cannabinoid-Alcohol InteractionsLuis A. Natividad, Paola Maccioni, Loren H. Parsons, and Giancarlo ColomboChapter 15Cannabinoid-Opioid InteractionsMichael L. Miller, Benjamin Chadwick, Claudia V. Morris, Michael Michaelides, and Yasmin L. HurdChapter 16Interactions of Cannabis and Amphetamine-Type StimulantsSimone Tambaro and Marco BortolatoChapter 17Cannabinoid-Dopamine Interactions: Modulation of Midbrain DA Neurons by EndocannabinoidsFrançois Georges and Miriam Melis