Review of the endocannabinoid system

HC Lu, K Mackie - Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) is a widespread neuromodulatory network involved in
the developing central nervous system as well as playing a major role in tuning many …

Hippocampal GABAergic inhibitory interneurons

KA Pelkey, R Chittajallu, MT Craig… - Physiological …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
In the hippocampus GABAergic local circuit inhibitory interneurons represent only~ 10–15%
of the total neuronal population; however, their remarkable anatomical and physiological …

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 …

Organic carbamates in drug design and medicinal chemistry

AK Ghosh, M Brindisi - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2015 - ACS Publications
The carbamate group is a key structural motif in many approved drugs and prodrugs. There
is an increasing use of carbamates in medicinal chemistry and many derivatives are …

The endocannabinoid system in guarding against fear, anxiety and stress

B Lutz, G Marsicano, R Maldonado… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
The endocannabinoid (eCB) system has emerged as a central integrator linking the
perception of external and internal stimuli to distinct neurophysiological and behavioural …

Altered neuronal and circuit excitability in fragile X syndrome

A Contractor, VA Klyachko, C Portera-Cailliau - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) results from a genetic mutation in a single gene yet produces a
phenotypically complex disorder with a range of neurological and psychiatric problems …

[HTML][HTML] Real life experience of medical cannabis treatment in autism: analysis of safety and efficacy

L Bar-Lev Schleider, R Mechoulam, N Saban, G Meiri… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of children diagnosed with autism
spectrum disorders (ASD) worldwide. Recently anecdotal evidence of possible therapeutic …

Synaptic functions of endocannabinoid signaling in health and disease

A Araque, PE Castillo, OJ Manzoni, R Tonini - Neuropharmacology, 2017 - Elsevier
Endocannabinoids (eCBs) are a family of lipid molecules that act as key regulators of
synaptic transmission and plasticity. They are synthetized “on demand” following …

Fragile X syndrome

RJ Hagerman, E Berry-Kravis, HC Hazlett… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2017 - nature.com
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the leading inherited form of intellectual disability and autism
spectrum disorder, and patients can present with severe behavioural alterations, including …

Striatal circuits as a common node for autism pathophysiology

MV Fuccillo - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are characterized by two seemingly unrelated symptom
domains—deficits in social interactions and restrictive, repetitive patterns of behavioral …