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The endocannabinoid system

Essays in Biochemistry, 2020
Abstract Thirty years ago, the discovery of a cannabinoid (CB) receptor that interacts with the psychoactive compound in Cannabis led to the identification of anandamide, an endogenous receptor ligand or endocannabinoid. Research on endocannabinoids has since exploded, and additional receptors along with their lipid mediators and ...
Aruna Kilaru, Kent D. Chapman
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From endocannabinoid profiling to ‘endocannabinoid therapeutics’

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2009
The discovery of the endocannabinoid signalling system, that is, of cannabinoid receptors, their endogenous ligands, known as endocannabinoids, and of endocannabinoid anabolic and catabolic enzymes, raised several questions regarding the physiopathological role of these mediators. Several of these questions were answered by investigating alterations in
Ligresti A, Petrosino S, Di Marzo V
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Endocannabinoids and Neuroprotection

Science Signaling, 2002
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) releases harmful mediators that lead to secondary damage. On the other hand, neuroprotective mediators are also released, and the balance between these classes of mediators determines the final outcome after injury. Recently, it was shown that the endogenous brain cannabinoids anandamide and 2-Arachidonoyl glycerol (2-AG ...
R, Mechoulam, M, Spatz, E, Shohami
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Endocannabinoids and sleep

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2016
Sleep is regulated by several brain structures, neurotransmitters and neuromodulators. Endocannabinoids (eCBs) are a group of lipids with modulatory activity in the brain and bind mainly to cannabinoid receptors CB1R and CB2R, thereby modulating several brain functions, (memory, mood, food intake, pain perception).
Oscar, Prospéro-García   +4 more
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Endocannabinoids and Nutrition

Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 2008
The endocannabinoids anandamide (AEA) and 2‐arachidonoylglycerol (2‐AG) are bioactive lipids derived from the n‐6 family of polyunsaturated fatty acids that are essential fatty acids. Symptoms of essential fatty acid deficiency in rats – growth retardation, scaly skin, and increased transepidermal water loss – can mainly be attributed to lack of ...
Hansen, Harald S., Artmann, Andreas
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Endocannabinoids and pregnancy

Clinica Chimica Acta, 2010
Acylethanolamides such as anandamide (AEA), and monoacylglycerols like 2-arachidonoylglycerol are endocannabinoids that bind to cannabinoid, vanilloid and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors. These compounds, their various receptors, the purported membrane transporter(s), and related enzymes that synthesize and degrade them are collectively ...
Taylor, AH   +7 more
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Endocannabinoid hydrolases

Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators, 2002
Endocannabinoids (endogenous ligands of cannabinoid receptors) such as anandamide (N-arachidonoylethanolamine) and 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) are inactivated upon enzymatic hydrolysis. Recent progress in the enzymological and molecular biological studies on the 'endocannabinoid hydrolases' is reviewed in this article.
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Endocannabinoids and the gut

Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids (PLEFA), 2002
In the digestive tract, there is evidence for the presence of high amounts of endocannabinoids (anandamide and 2-arachidonylglycerol) and of mechanisms for endocannabinoid metabolism and possibly endocannabinoid uptake. Pharmacological studies have shown that anandamide inhibits excitatory transmission and peristalsis in the isolated guinea-pig ileum ...
PINTO L   +3 more
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Endocannabinoids and their actions

2002
Endocannabinoids are a new class of lipid mediators, which includes amides and esters of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Anandamide (I) and 2-arachidonoylglycerol (II) are the main endogenous agonists of cannabinoid receptors, able to mimic several pharmacological effects of delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (III), the active principle of Cannabis ...
Maccarrone M, Finazzi-Agro A
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Phytocannabinoids and Endocannabinoids

Current Drug Abuse Reviewse, 2009
Progress in understanding the molecular mechanisms of cannabis action was made after discovery of cannabinoid receptors in the brain and the finding of endogenous metabolites with affinity to them. Activation of cannabinoid receptors on synaptic terminals results in regulation of ion channels, neurotransmitter release and synaptic plasticity ...
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