New approaches and challenges to targeting the endocannabinoid system

V Di Marzo - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2018 - nature.com
The endocannabinoid signalling system was discovered because receptors in this system
are the targets of compounds present in psychotropic preparations of Cannabis sativa. The …

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 …

Pathophysiology of L-dopa-induced motor and non-motor complications in Parkinson's disease

MF Bastide, WG Meissner, B Picconi, S Fasano… - Progress in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Involuntary movements, or dyskinesia, represent a debilitating complication of levodopa (L-
dopa) therapy for Parkinson's disease (PD). L-dopa-induced dyskinesia (LID) are ultimately …

Cannabinoid receptors in the central nervous system: their signaling and roles in disease

DA Kendall, GA Yudowski - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The identification and cloning of the two major cannabinoid (CB1 and CB2) receptors
together with the discovery of their endogenous ligands in the late 80s and early 90s …

Therapeutic potential of β-arrestin-and G protein-biased agonists

EJ Whalen, S Rajagopal, RJ Lefkowitz - Trends in molecular medicine, 2011 - cell.com
Members of the seven-transmembrane receptor (7TMR), or G protein-coupled receptor
(GPCR), superfamily represent some of the most successful targets of modern drug therapy …

It is our turn to get cannabis high: Put cannabinoids in food and health baskets

SA Salami, F Martinelli, A Giovino, A Bachari, N Arad… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cannabis is an annual plant with a long history of use as food, feed, fiber, oil, medicine, and
narcotics. Despite realizing its true value, it has not yet found its true place. Cannabis has …

The endocannabinoid system in anxiety, fear memory and habituation

S Ruehle, AA Rey, F Remmers… - Journal of …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Evidence for the involvement of the endocannabinoid system (ECS) in anxiety and fear has
been accumulated, providing leads for novel therapeutic approaches. In anxiety, a …

Current evidence of cannabinoid‐based analgesia obtained in preclinical and human experimental settings

J Lötsch, I Weyer‐Menkhoff… - European journal of pain, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cannabinoids have a long record of recreational and medical use and become increasingly
approved for pain therapy. This development is based on preclinical and human …

Type 1 cannabinoid receptor ligands display functional selectivity in a cell culture model of striatal medium spiny projection neurons

RB Laprairie, AM Bagher, MEM Kelly, DJ Dupré… - Journal of Biological …, 2014 - ASBMB
Modulation of type 1 cannabinoid receptor (CB 1) activity has been touted as a potential
means of treating addiction, anxiety, depression, and neurodegeneration. Different agonists …

SGIP1 in axons prevents internalization of desensitized CB1R and modifies its function

O Durydivka, K Mackie, J Blahos - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In the central nervous system (CNS), cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1R) is preferentially
expressed in axons where it has a unique property, namely resistance to agonist-driven …