Cannabinoid pharmacology/therapeutics in chronic degenerative disorders affecting the central nervous system

MS Aymerich, E Aso, MA Abellanas, RM Tolon… - Biochemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) exerts a modulatory effect of important functions such
as neurotransmission, glial activation, oxidative stress, or protein homeostasis …

Endocannabinoid modulation in neurodegenerative diseases: In pursuit of certainty

A Vasincu, RN Rusu, DC Ababei, M Larion, W Bild… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Neurodegenerative diseases represent an important cause of morbidity
and mortality worldwide. Existing therapeutic options are limited and focus mostly on …

[HTML][HTML] Phosphodiesterase 10A inhibition improves cortico-basal ganglia function in Huntington's disease models

V Beaumont, S Zhong, H Lin, WJ Xu, A Bradaia… - Neuron, 2016 - cell.com
Huntington's disease (HD) symptoms are driven to a large extent by dysfunction of the basal
ganglia circuitry. HD patients exhibit reduced striatal phoshodiesterase 10 (PDE10) levels …

Striatal vulnerability in Huntington's disease: neuroprotection versus neurotoxicity

R Morigaki, S Goto - Brain sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease caused by
the expansion of a CAG trinucleotide repeat encoding an abnormally long polyglutamine …

Current status of PET imaging in Huntington's disease

G Pagano, F Niccolini, M Politis - European journal of nuclear medicine …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose To review the developments of recent decades and the current status of PET
molecular imaging in Huntington's disease (HD). Methods A systematic review of PET …

Is there a role for GPCR agonist radiotracers in PET neuroimaging?

M Colom, B Vidal, L Zimmer - Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a molecular imaging modality that enables in vivo
exploration of metabolic processes and especially the pharmacology of neuroreceptors. G …

[HTML][HTML] An enquiry to the role of CB1 receptors in neurodegeneration

I Fernandez-Moncada, A Eraso-Pichot, T Dalla Tor… - Neurobiology of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Neurodegenerative disorders are debilitating conditions that impair patient quality of life and
that represent heavy social-economic burdens to society. Whereas the root of some of these …

Towards an understanding of energy impairment in Huntington's disease brain

JM Dubinsky - Journal of Huntington's disease, 2017 - content.iospress.com
This review systematically examines the evidence for shifts in flux through energy
generating biochemical pathways in Huntington's disease (HD) brains from humans and …

High-speed video gait analysis reveals early and characteristic locomotor phenotypes in mouse models of neurodegenerative movement disorders

DF Preisig, L Kulic, M Krüger, F Wirth… - Behavioural brain …, 2016 - Elsevier
Neurodegenerative diseases of the central nervous system frequently affect the locomotor
system resulting in impaired movement and gait. In this study we performed a whole-body …

Advances in cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase-targeted PET imaging and drug discovery

J Sun, Z Xiao, A Haider, C Gebhard, H Xu… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs) control the intracellular concentrations of
cAMP and cGMP in virtually all mammalian cells. Accordingly, the PDE family regulates a …