Keep off the grass? Cannabis, cognition and addiction

HV Curran, TP Freeman, C Mokrysz… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
In an increasing number of states and countries, cannabis now stands poised to join alcohol
and tobacco as a legal drug. Quantifying the relative adverse and beneficial effects of …

Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome: diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment—a systematic review

CJ Sorensen, K DeSanto, L Borgelt, KT Phillips… - Journal of Medical …, 2017 - Springer
Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) is a syndrome of cyclic vomiting associated with
cannabis use. Our objective is to summarize the available evidence on CHS diagnosis …

[HTML][HTML] Cannabinoids and epilepsy

EC Rosenberg, RW Tsien, BJ Whalley, O Devinsky - Neurotherapeutics, 2015 - Elsevier
Cannabis has been used for centuries to treat seizures. Recent anecdotal reports,
accumulating animal model data, and mechanistic insights have raised interest in cannabis …

The diverse CB1 and CB2 receptor pharmacology of three plant cannabinoids: Δ9‐tetrahydrocannabinol, cannabidiol and Δ9‐tetrahydrocannabivarin

RG Pertwee - British journal of pharmacology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Cannabis sativa is the source of a unique set of compounds known collectively as plant
cannabinoids or phytocannabinoids. This review focuses on the manner with which three of …

Reversible and regionally selective downregulation of brain cannabinoid CB1 receptors in chronic daily cannabis smokers

J Hirvonen, RS Goodwin, CT Li, GE Terry… - Molecular …, 2012 - nature.com
Chronic cannabis (marijuana, hashish) smoking can result in dependence. Rodent studies
show reversible downregulation of brain cannabinoid CB 1 (cannabinoid receptor type 1) …

Cannabinoid pharmacology: the first 66 years

RG Pertwee - British journal of pharmacology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Research into the pharmacology of individual cannabinoids that began in the 1940s, several
decades after the presence of a cannabinoid was first detected in cannabis, is concisely …

Long-term effects of marijuana use on the brain

FM Filbey, S Aslan, VD Calhoun… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Questions surrounding the effects of chronic marijuana use on brain structure continue to
increase. To date, however, findings remain inconclusive. In this comprehensive study that …

Efficacy and safety of a fatty acid amide hydrolase inhibitor (PF-04457845) in the treatment of cannabis withdrawal and dependence in men: a double-blind, placebo …

DC D'Souza, J Cortes-Briones, G Creatura… - The Lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Cannabis is one of the most widely used drugs worldwide. Cannabis use
disorder is characterised by recurrent use of cannabis that causes significant clinical and …

The pharmacology of cannabinoid receptors and their ligands: an overview

RG Pertwee - International journal of obesity, 2006 - nature.com
Mammalian tissues express at least two cannabinoid receptor types, CB 1 and CB 2, both G
protein coupled. CB 1 receptors are found predominantly at nerve terminals where they …

Cannabinoid hyperemesis: a case series of 98 patients

DA Simonetto, AS Oxentenko, ML Herman… - Mayo Clinic …, 2012 - Elsevier
Objective To promote wider recognition and further understanding of cannabinoid
hyperemesis (CH). Patients and Methods We constructed a case series, the largest to date …