Neuropharmacological modulation of N-methyl-D-aspartate, noradrenaline and endocannabinoid receptors in fear extinction learning: Synaptic transmission and …

S Battaglia, C Di Fazio, CM Vicario… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Learning to recognize and respond to potential threats is crucial for survival. Pavlovian
threat conditioning represents a key paradigm for investigating the neurobiological …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting the endocannabinoid system in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: A promising case of preclinical-clinical translation?

LM Mayo, CA Rabinak, MN Hill, M Heilig - Biological psychiatry, 2022 - Elsevier
The endocannabinoid (eCB) system is one the most ubiquitous signaling systems of the
brain and offers a rich pharmacology including multiple druggable targets. Preclinical …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular alterations of the endocannabinoid system in psychiatric disorders

D Navarro, A Gasparyan, F Navarrete… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The therapeutic benefits of the current medications for patients with psychiatric disorders
contrast with a great variety of adverse effects. The endocannabinoid system (ECS) …

[HTML][HTML] Trauma film viewing and intrusive memories: Relationship between salivary alpha amylase, endocannabinoids, and cortisol

MP O'Donohue, KA Hamzah, D Nichols… - Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2024 - Elsevier
The endogenous cannabinoid (ECB) system is a small molecule lipid signalling system that
is involved in stress response activation and is associated with PTSD, but it is unclear …

Endocannabinoids and stress-related neurospsychiatric disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of basal concentrations and response to acute psychosocial …

LC Gowatch, JM Evanski, SL Ely… - Cannabis and …, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Background: Dysregulation of the endocannabinoid (eCB) system is implicated in various
stress-related neuropsychiatric disorders (SRDs), including anxiety, depression, and post …

Translation of animal endocannabinoid models of PTSD mechanisms to humans: Where to next?

LJ Ney, KM Crombie, LM Mayo, KL Felmingham… - Neuroscience & …, 2022 - Elsevier
The endocannabinoid system is known to be involved in mechanisms relevant to PTSD
aetiology and maintenance, though this understanding is mostly based on animal models of …

Hair endocannabinoids predict physiological fear conditioning and salivary endocannabinoids predict subjective stress reactivity in humans

LJ Ney, J Cooper, GN Lam, K Moffitt, DS Nichols… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
On the basis of substantial preclinical evidence, the endogenous cannabinoid system has
been proposed to be closely involved in stress reactivity and extinction of fear. Existing …

Fear conditioning depends on the nature of the unconditional stimulus and may be related to hair levels of endocannabinoids

LJ Ney, DS Nichols, OV Lipp - Psychophysiology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The replicability of fear conditioning research has come under recent scrutiny, with
increasing acknowledgment that the use of differing materials and methods may lead to …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of FAAH genetic variation on physiological, cognitive, and neural signatures of fear acquisition and extinction learning in women with PTSD

KM Crombie, AA Privratsky, CM Schomaker… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is commonly treated with
exposure-based cognitive therapies that are based on the principles of fear acquisition and …

The neurobiology of Pavlovian safety learning: Towards an acquisition-expression framework

PAF Laing, KL Felmingham, CG Davey… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Safety learning creates associations between conditional stimuli and the absence of threat.
Studies of human fear conditioning have accumulated evidence for the neural signatures of …