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Pharmacological actions of cannabinoids.
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More information is beginning to emerge about the pharmacological actions of the non-psychoactive plant cannabinoid, cannabidiol, as well as acting on CB1 and CB2 receptors, and there is convincing evidence that anandamide can activate transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) receptors.Abstract:
Mammalian tissues express at least two types of cannabinoid receptor, CB1 and CB2, both G protein coupled. CB1 receptors are expressed predominantly at nerve terminals where they mediate inhibition of transmitter release. CB2 receptorsread more
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Endocannabinoids and the control of energy balance
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Molecular Targets of the Phytocannabinoids: A Complex Picture.
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Ligands that target cannabinoid receptors in the brain : from THC to anandamide and beyond
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International Union of Pharmacology: Approaches to the Nomenclature of Voltage-Gated Ion Channels
William A. Catterall,K. G. Chandy,David E. Clapham,George A. Gutman,Franz Hofmann,Anthony J. Harmar,Darrell R. Abernethy,Michael Spedding +7 more
TL;DR: This issue of Pharmacological Reviews includes a new venture in the collaboration between the International Union of Pharmacology (IUPHAR) and the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET), in that a new classification of voltage-gated ion channels is outlined.
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Isolation and structure of a brain constituent that binds to the cannabinoid receptor
William A. Devane,Lumir Hanus,Aviva Breuer,Roger G. Pertwee,Lesley A. Stevenson,Graeme Griffin,Dan Gibson,Asher Mandelbaum,A. Etinger,Raphael Mechoulam +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, an arachidonylethanthanolamide (anandamide) was identified in a screen for endogenous ligands for the cannabinoid receptor and its structure was determined by mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and confirmed by synthesis.
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Structure of a cannabinoid receptor and functional expression of the cloned cDNA
TL;DR: The cloning and expression of a complementary DNA that encodes a G protein-coupled receptor that is involved in cannabinoid-induced CNS effects (including alterations in mood and cognition) experienced by users of marijuana are suggested.
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Identification of an endogenous 2-monoglyceride, present in canine gut, that binds to cannabinoid receptors.
Raphael Mechoulam,Shimon Ben-Shabat,Lumir Hanus,Moshe Ligumsky,Norbert E. Kaminski,Anthony R. Schatz,Asher Gopher,Shlomo Almog,Billy R. Martin,David R. Compton,Roger G. Pertwee,Graeme Griffin,Michael Bayewitch,Jacob Barg,Zvi Vogel +14 more
TL;DR: Upon intravenous administration to mice, 2-Ara-Gl caused the typical tetrad of effects produced by THC: antinociception, immobility, reduction of spontaneous activity, and lowering of the rectal temperature.
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International Union of Pharmacology. XXVII. Classification of Cannabinoid Receptors
Allyn C. Howlett,Francis Barth,Tom I. Bonner,Guy A. Cabral,Pierre Casellas,William A. Devane,Christian C. Felder,Miles Herkenham,Ken Mackie,Billy R. Martin,Raphael Mechoulam,Roger G. Pertwee +11 more
TL;DR: It is considered premature to rename cannabinoid receptors after an endogenous agonist as is recommended by the International Union of Pharmacology Committee on Receptor Nomenclature and Drug Classification, because pharmacological evidence for the existence of additional types of cannabinoid receptor is emerging and other kinds of supporting evidence are still lacking.