The Sobering Sting: Oleoyl Serotonin Is a Novel Stephanoconus Snail Venom-Derived Antagonist of Cannabinoid Receptors That Counteracts Learning and Memory …

D An, GS Carrazoni, BH Souto das Neves, R D'Hooge… - Biomedicines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Cannabinoid receptors (CB1 and CB2) are promising targets for a better understanding of
neurological diseases. Nevertheless, only a few ligands of CB have reached clinical …

Cannabinoid receptor agonists from Conus venoms alleviate pain-related behavior in rats

S Jergova, C Perez, JS Imperial, S Gajavelli… - Pharmacology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cannabinoid (CB) receptor agonists show robust antinociceptive effects in various pain
models. However, most of the clinically potent CB1 receptor-active drugs derived from …

Cannabinoid receptors are absent in insects

J McPartland, V Di Marzo… - Journal of …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The endocannabinoid system exerts an important neuromodulatory role in mammals.
Knockout mice lacking cannabinoid (CB) receptors exhibit significant morbidity. The …

The endocannabinoid system as a target for novel anxiolytic drugs

S Patel, MN Hill, JF Cheer, CT Wotjak… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
The endocannabinoid (eCB) system has attracted attention for its role in various behavioral
and brain functions, and as a therapeutic target in neuropsychiatric disease states, including …

Sativex-like combination of phytocannabinoids is neuroprotective in malonate-lesioned rats, an inflammatory model of Huntington's disease: role of CB1 and CB2 …

S Valdeolivas, V Satta, RG Pertwee… - ACS chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
We have investigated whether a 1: 1 combination of botanical extracts enriched in either Δ9-
tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) or cannabidiol (CBD), which are the main constituents of the …

SLV330, a cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonist, ameliorates deficits in the T-maze, object recognition and Social Recognition Tasks in rodents

N De Bruin, J Prickaerts, JHM Lange… - Neurobiology of learning …, 2010 - Elsevier
Cannabinoid CB1 receptor (CB1R) signaling has been suggested to play an important role
in the regulation of memory and cognition. In the present study, our aim was to investigate …

Inhibition of cannabinoid degradation enhances hippocampal contextual fear memory and exhibits anxiolytic effects

J Zhang, J Zhang, R Yuan, W Han, Y Chang, L Kong… - Iscience, 2024 - cell.com
Recent studies have demonstrated the pivotal involvement of endocannabinoids in
regulating learning and memory, but the conclusions obtained from different paradigms or …

Anxiolytic Effects of Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists in the Zebrafish Species, Danio rerio

A Prasad, M Crowe, G Burton, L McGrew - The FASEB Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
As of July 2019, 34 states in the US have legalized medical marijuana and an additional 12
have legalized “low THC, high cannabidiol (CBD)” substances (Hanson & Garcia, 2019) …

[HTML][HTML] Cannabinoid type-2 receptors modulate terpene induced anxiety-reduction in zebrafish

AL Johnson, R Verbitsky, J Hudson, R Dean… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Terpenes are the most extensive and varied group of naturally occurring compounds mostly
found in plants, including cannabis, and have an array of potential therapeutic benefits for …

The Cannabinoid-Like Compound, VSN16R, Acts on Large Conductance, Ca2+-Activated K+ Channels to Modulate Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Neuron Firing

S Tabatabaee, D Baker, DL Selwood, BJ Whalley… - Pharmaceuticals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Large conductance, Ca2+-activated K+ (BKCa) channels are widely expressed in the central
nervous system, where they regulate action potential duration, firing frequency and …