Are cannabidiol and Δ9‐tetrahydrocannabivarin negative modulators of the endocannabinoid system? A systematic review

JM McPartland, M Duncan, V Di Marzo… - British journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Based upon evidence that the therapeutic properties of C annabis preparations are not
solely dependent upon the presence of Δ9‐tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), pharmacological …

Endocannabinoids and endocannabinoid-related mediators: Targets, metabolism and role in neurological disorders

FA Iannotti, V Di Marzo, S Petrosino - Progress in lipid research, 2016 - Elsevier
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) is composed of two G protein-coupled receptors
(GPCRs), the cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 receptors, and the two main endogenous lipid …

[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 …

Comprehensive review of medicinal marijuana, cannabinoids, and therapeutic implications in medicine and headache: what a long strange trip it's been…

EP Baron - Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background The use of cannabis, or marijuana, for medicinal purposes is deeply rooted
though history, dating back to ancient times. It once held a prominent position in the history …

Therapeutic effects of cannabinoids in animal models of seizures, epilepsy, epileptogenesis, and epilepsy-related neuroprotection

EC Rosenberg, PH Patra, BJ Whalley - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2017 - Elsevier
The isolation and identification of the discrete plant cannabinoids in marijuana revived
interest in analyzing historical therapeutic claims made for cannabis in clinical case studies …

Cannabinoid treatments in epilepsy and seizure disorders

O Devinsky, NA Jones, MO Cunningham… - Physiological …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
Cannabis has been used to treat convulsions and other disorders since ancient times. In the
last few decades, preclinical animal studies and clinical investigations have established the …

Endogenous opiates and behavior: 2005

RJ Bodnar, GE Klein - Peptides, 2006 - Elsevier
This paper is the 28th consecutive installment of the annual review of research concerning
the endogenous opioid system, now spanning over a quarter-century of research. It …

Downregulation of the CB1 cannabinoid receptor and related molecular elements of the endocannabinoid system in epileptic human hippocampus

A Ludányi, L Erőss, S Czirják, J Vajda… - Journal of …, 2008 - jneurosci.org
Endocannabinoid signaling is a key regulator of synaptic neurotransmission throughout the
brain. Compelling evidence shows that its perturbation leads to development of epileptic …

Weeding out bad waves: towards selective cannabinoid circuit control in epilepsy

I Soltesz, BE Alger, M Kano, SH Lee… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Endocannabinoids are lipid-derived messengers, and both their synthesis and breakdown
are under tight spatiotemporal regulation. As retrograde signalling molecules …

Functional relevance of endocannabinoid-dependent synaptic plasticity in the central nervous system

SM Augustin, DM Lovinger - ACS chemical neuroscience, 2018 - ACS Publications
The endocannabinoid (eCB) signaling system plays a key role in short-term and long-term
synaptic plasticity in brain regions involved in various neural functions ranging from action …