Selected Abstracts from Pharmacology 2018

Abstract

The proceedings contain 168 papers. The topics discussed include: application of wheel running as a measure of spontaneous pain in C57BL/6 mice; time course of intravenous delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) on analgesia and other central nervous system (CNS) effects in mice; differential effects of monoacylglycerol lipase inhibition on social behavioral responding in saline- and VPA-exposed adolescent rats; Insulin modulates neural functions via dopamine signaling in reward-related behaviors; Kappa opioid receptor-mediated modulation of social motivation and cognition in adolescent rats prenatally exposed to valproic acid; an agonist of metabotropic glutamate receptor 4 reduces motor disability without dyskinesia expression in the MPTP-treated marmoset model of Parkinson's disease; pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic interaction between green rooibos extract and atorvastatin in mice; and long-term effects of in vivo genome editing in the mouse retina using campylobacter jejuni Cas9 expressed via adeno-associated virus.