Trpv1 reporter mice reveal highly restricted brain distribution and functional expression in arteriolar smooth muscle cells

DJ Cavanaugh, AT Chesler, AC Jackson… - Journal of …, 2011 - Soc Neuroscience
The heat and capsaicin receptor, TRPV1, is required for the detection of painful heat by
primary afferent pain fibers (nociceptors), but the extent to which functional TRPV1 channels …

TRPV1 receptors in the central nervous system: potential for previously unforeseen therapeutic applications

VD Marzo, K Starowicz, L Cristino - Current pharmaceutical …, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
Increasing evidence exists to support the presence of functional transient receptor potential
vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) channels in the brain, where these receptors are unlikely to be …

TRPV1 activation by endogenous anandamide triggers postsynaptic long-term depression in dentate gyrus

AE Chávez, CQ Chiu, PE Castillo - Nature neuroscience, 2010 - nature.com
The transient receptor potential TRPV1 is a nonselective cation channel that mediates pain
sensations and is commonly activated by a wide variety of exogenous and endogenous …

TrpV1 receptor activation rescues neuronal function and network gamma oscillations from Aβ-induced impairment in mouse hippocampus in vitro

H Balleza-Tapia, S Crux, Y Andrade-Talavera… - Elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
Amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) forms plaques in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and is responsible for
early cognitive deficits in AD patients. Advancing cognitive decline is accompanied by …

Tonic endovanilloid facilitation of glutamate release in brainstem descending antinociceptive pathways

K Starowicz, S Maione, L Cristino… - Journal of …, 2007 - Soc Neuroscience
Activation of transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 (TRPV1) channels in the periaqueductal
gray (PAG) activates OFF antinociceptive neurons of the rostral ventromedial medulla …

Effects of TRPV1 activation on synaptic excitation in the dentate gyrus of a mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy

MD Bhaskaran, BN Smith - Experimental neurology, 2010 - Elsevier
Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is a condition characterized by an imbalance between
excitation and inhibition in the temporal lobe. Hallmarks of this change are axon sprouting …

Endocannabinoid-mediated synaptic plasticity and addiction-related behavior

N Sidhpura, LH Parsons - Neuropharmacology, 2011 - Elsevier
Endogenous cannabinoids (eCBs) are retrograde messengers that provide feedback
inhibition of both excitatory and inhibitory transmission in brain through the activation of …

“Hotheaded”: the role OF TRPV1 in brain functions

D Martins, I Tavares, C Morgado - Neuropharmacology, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The TRPV1 (vanilloid 1) channel is best known for its role in sensory transmission
in the nociceptive neurons of the peripheral nervous system. Although first studied in the …

Immunohistochemical localization of anabolic and catabolic enzymes for anandamide and other putative endovanilloids in the hippocampus and cerebellar cortex of …

L Cristino, K Starowicz, L De Petrocellis, J Morishita… - Neuroscience, 2008 - Elsevier
An increasing body of evidence indicates that: 1) the endocannabinoid anandamide (AEA)
and other unsaturated N-acylethanolamines (NAEs), 2) 12-(S)-lipoxygenase (12-LOX) …

Activation of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 ameliorates tau accumulation‐induced synaptic damage and cognitive dysfunction via autophagy enhancement

T Zhang, Y Tian, X Zheng, R Li, L Hu… - CNS Neuroscience …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aims The autophagy‐lysosomal pathway is important for maintaining cellular proteostasis,
while dysfunction of this pathway has been suggested to drive the aberrant intraneuronal …