Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1
Endocannabinoids: Chemical Structures, Physiological Role and Therapeutic Effects
(Fabio Mayorga-Niño, Research Group DANUM-Medicinal Chemistry, School of Medicine,
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja, Colombia)
Chapter 2
Anandamide is a Fast Retrograde Signaling Molecule in Neural Circuits
(Thomas Heinbockel, Department of Anatomy, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA)
Chapter 3
Endocannabinoids, Endovanilloids and Related Neurolipins as Multifunctional Protective Lipids
(Mikhail Yu. Bobrov, Mikhail G. Akimov, Natalia M. Gretskaya, Igor V. Serkov, Igor V. Barskov, Leonid G. Khaspekov and Vladimir V. Bezuglov, Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, and others)
Chapter 4
Analytical Tools for Anandamide Determination in Biological Matrices
(R. Cifelli and M. Locatelli, University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara; Department of Pharmacy, Chieti, Italy, and others)
Index