Cannabinoids, the endocannabinoid system, and pain: a review of preclinical studies

DP Finn, S Haroutounian, AG Hohmann, E Krane… - Pain, 2021 - journals.lww.com
This narrative review represents an output from the International Association for the Study of
Pain's global task force on the use of cannabis, cannabinoids, and cannabis-based …

An introduction to the endogenous cannabinoid system

HC Lu, K Mackie - Biological psychiatry, 2016 - Elsevier
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) is a widespread neuromodulatory system that plays
important roles in central nervous system development, synaptic plasticity, and the response …

From phytocannabinoids to cannabinoid receptors and endocannabinoids: pleiotropic physiological and pathological roles through complex pharmacology

A Ligresti, L De Petrocellis… - Physiological …, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Apart from having been used and misused for at least four millennia for, among others,
recreational and medicinal purposes, the cannabis plant and its most peculiar chemical …

A fluorescent sensor for spatiotemporally resolved imaging of endocannabinoid dynamics in vivo

A Dong, K He, B Dudok, JS Farrell, W Guan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Endocannabinoids (eCBs) are retrograde neuromodulators with important functions in a
wide range of physiological processes, but their in vivo dynamics remain largely …

Endocannabinoid signaling and synaptic function

PE Castillo, TJ Younts, AE Chávez, Y Hashimotodani - Neuron, 2012 - cell.com
Endocannabinoids are key modulators of synaptic function. By activating cannabinoid
receptors expressed in the central nervous system, these lipid messengers can regulate …

[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 …

Short-term synaptic plasticity

RS Zucker, WG Regehr - Annual review of physiology, 2002 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Synaptic transmission is a dynamic process. Postsynaptic responses wax and
wane as presynaptic activity evolves. This prominent characteristic of chemical synaptic …

Cannabinoid type 2 receptors mediate a cell type-specific plasticity in the hippocampus

AV Stempel, A Stumpf, HY Zhang, T Özdoğan… - Neuron, 2016 - cell.com
Endocannabinoids (eCBs) exert major control over neuronal activity by activating
cannabinoid receptors (CBRs). The functionality of the eCB system is primarily ascribed to …

LTP and LTD: an embarrassment of riches

RC Malenka, MF Bear - Neuron, 2004 - cell.com
LTP and LTD, the long-term potentiation and depression of excitatory synaptic transmission,
are widespread phenomena expressed at possibly every excitatory synapse in the …

Multiple functions of endocannabinoid signaling in the brain

I Katona, TF Freund - Annual review of neuroscience, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Despite being regarded as a hippie science for decades, cannabinoid research has finally
found its well-deserved position in mainstream neuroscience. A series of groundbreaking …