Polypharmacological approaches for CNS diseases: focus on endocannabinoid degradation inhibition

A Papa, S Pasquini, C Contri, S Gemma, G Campiani… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polypharmacology breaks up the classical paradigm of “one-drug, one target, one disease”
electing multitarget compounds as potential therapeutic tools suitable for the treatment of …

The role of dopamine and endocannabinoid systems in prefrontal cortex development: Adolescence as a critical period

KZ Peters, F Naneix - Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The prefrontal cortex plays a central role in the control of complex cognitive processes
including action control and decision making. It also shows a specific pattern of delayed …

Investigating the role of GABA in neural development and disease using mice lacking GAD67 or VGAT genes

E Bolneo, PYS Chau, PG Noakes… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Normal development and function of the central nervous system involves a balance between
excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission. Activity of both excitatory and inhibitory neurons …

AP-4-mediated axonal transport controls endocannabinoid production in neurons

AK Davies, JE Alecu, M Ziegler… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The adaptor protein complex AP-4 mediates anterograde axonal transport and is essential
for axon health. AP-4-deficient patients suffer from a severe neurodevelopmental and …

Ontogenetic rules for the molecular diversification of hypothalamic neurons

M Benevento, T Hökfelt, T Harkany - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2022 - nature.com
The hypothalamus is an evolutionarily conserved endocrine interface that, among other
roles, links central homeostatic control to adaptive bodily responses by releasing hormones …

Mechanisms of endocannabinoid transport in the brain

M Kaczocha, S Haj‐Dahmane - British journal of pharmacology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The endocannabinoids 2‐arachidonoylglycerol (2‐AG) and anandamide are among the
best studied lipid messengers in the brain. By activating cannabinoid receptors in the CNS …

Lipid endocannabinoids in energy metabolism, stress and developmental programming

MM Almeida, CP Dias-Rocha, C Calviño… - Molecular and Cellular …, 2022 - Elsevier
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) regulates brain development and function, energy
metabolism and stress in a sex-, age-and tissue-dependent manner. The ECS comprises …

Maternal‐fetal transmission of delta‐9‐tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and its metabolites following inhalation and injection exposure during pregnancy in rats

SL Baglot, JW VanRyzin, AE Marquardt… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cannabis use during pregnancy has increased over the past few decades, with recent data
indicating that, in youth and young adults especially, up to 22% of people report using …

Cytotoxic effects of cannabidiol on neonatal rat cortical neurons and astrocytes: Potential danger to brain development

DM Jurič, K Bulc Rozman, M Lipnik-Štangelj, D Šuput… - Toxins, 2022 - mdpi.com
The influence of cannabidiol (CBD) on brain development is inadequately understood.
Since CBD is considered a non-intoxicating drug, it has attracted great interest concerning …

The role of the endocannabinoid system as a therapeutic target for autism spectrum disorder: Lessons from behavioral studies on mouse models

S Pietropaolo, G Marsicano - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent years have seen an impressive amount of research devoted to understanding the
etiopathology of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and developing therapies for this …