Cannabinoids in late life Parkinson's disease and dementia: Biological pathways and clinical challenges

AC Costa, HPG Joaquim, JFC Pedrazzi, AO Pain… - Brain Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The use of cannabinoids as therapeutic drugs has increased among aging populations
recently. Age-related changes in the endogenous cannabinoid system could influence the …

The interaction between cannabinoids and long‐term synaptic plasticity: A survey on memory formation and underlying mechanisms

M Azarfarin, T Ghadiri, M Dadkhah… - Cell Biochemistry and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Synaptic plasticity, including long‐term potentiation (LTP) and long‐term depression (LTD),
is an essential phenomenon in memory formation as well as maintenance along with many …

Δ8-THC Protects against Amyloid Beta Toxicity Modulating ER Stress In Vitro: A Transcriptomic Analysis

A Gugliandolo, S Blando, S Salamone… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) represents the most common form of dementia, characterized by
amyloid β (Aβ) plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs). It is characterized by …

Anti-epileptic and neuroprotective effects of ultra-low dose NADPH oxidase inhibitor dextromethorphan on kainic acid-induced chronic temporal lobe epilepsy in rats

JJ Yang, YX Liu, YF Wang, BY Ge, Y Wang… - Neuroscience …, 2024 - Springer
Neuroinflammation mediated by microglia and oxidative stress play pivotal roles in the
development of chronic temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). We postulated that kainic acid (KA) …

Voltage dependence of the cannabinoid CB1 receptor

E Goldberger, M Tauber, Y Ben-Chaim - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cannabinoids produce their characteristic effects mainly by binding to two types of G-protein
coupled receptors (GPCRs), the CB1 and CB2 cannabinoid receptors. The CB1 receptor is …

Connecting the Emotional-Cognitive Puzzle: The Role of Tyrosine Kinase (TrkB) Receptor Isoform Imbalance in Age-Related Emotional and Cognitive impairments

N Bregman-Yemini, K Nitzan, M Franko… - Ageing Research Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Age-related cognitive and affective disorders pose significant public health challenges.
Notably, emotional and cognitive symptoms co-occur across multiple age-associated …

Cognitive improvement via cortical cannabinoid receptors and choline‐containing lipids

M Moreno‐Rodríguez… - British Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose Recent research linking choline‐containing lipids to degeneration
of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons in neuropathological states illustrates the challenge …

Dentate Gyrus Granule Cells Show Stability of BDNF Protein Expression in Mossy Fiber Axons with Age, and Resistance to Alzheimer's Disease Neuropathology in a …

C Criscuolo, E Chartampila, SD Ginsberg… - eneuro, 2024 - eneuro.org
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is important in the development and maintenance
of neurons and their plasticity. Hippocampal BDNF has been implicated in Alzheimer's …

Effects of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol on fear memory labilization and reconsolidation: A putative role of GluN2B-NMDA receptor within the dorsal hippocampus

AM Raymundi, JMB Sohn, BW Salemme… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cannabis preparations could be an effective reconsolidation-based treatment for post-
traumatic stress disorder. However, the effects of Δ 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in fear …

[HTML][HTML] Stability of dentate gyrus granule cell mossy fiber BDNF protein expression with age and resistance of granule cells to Alzheimer's disease neuropathology in …

C Criscuolo, E Chartampila, SD Ginsberg… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The neurotrophin brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is important in development and
maintenance of neurons and their plasticity. Hippocampal BDNF has been implicated …