The CB1 cannabinoid receptor is the major cannabinoid receptor at excitatory presynaptic sites in the hippocampus and cerebellum

Y Kawamura, M Fukaya, T Maejima… - Journal of …, 2006 - Soc Neuroscience
Endocannabinoids work as retrograde messengers and contribute to short-term and long-
term modulation of synaptic transmission via presynaptic cannabinoid receptors. It is …

Structure− activity relationships of α-ketooxazole inhibitors of fatty acid amide hydrolase

C Hardouin, MJ Kelso, FA Romero… - Journal of medicinal …, 2007 - ACS Publications
A systematic study of the structure− activity relationships of 2b (OL-135), a potent inhibitor of
fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), is detailed targeting the C2 acyl side chain. A series of …

Are CB1 receptor antagonists nootropic or cognitive impairing agents?

SA Varvel, LE Wise, AH Lichtman - Drug development research, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
For more than a decade, a considerable amount of research has examined the effects of
rimonabant (SR 141716) and other CB1 receptor antagonists in both in vivo and in vitro …

Differential proteomic analysis of the anti-depressive effects of oleamide in a rat chronic mild stress model of depression

L Ge, M Zhu, JY Yang, F Wang, R Zhang… - Pharmacology …, 2015 - Elsevier
Depression is a complex psychiatric disorder, and its etiology and pathophysiology are not
completely understood. Depression involves changes in many biogenic amine …

Potent and selective α-ketoheterocycle-based inhibitors of the anandamide and oleamide catabolizing enzyme, fatty acid amide hydrolase

FA Romero, W Du, I Hwang, TJ Rayl… - Journal of medicinal …, 2007 - ACS Publications
A study of the structure− activity relationships (SAR) of 2f (OL-135), a potent inhibitor of fatty
acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), is detailed, targeting the 5-position of the oxazole …

CB1 receptors in the formation of the different phases of memory-related processes in the inhibitory avoidance test in mice

M Kruk-Slomka, G Biala - Behavioural Brain Research, 2016 - Elsevier
The endocannabinoid system, through the cannabinoid type 1 (CB1) and 2 (CB2) receptors
modulates many physiological functions, including different aspects of memory-related …

Hippocampal endocannabinoids play an important role in induction of long-term potentiation and regulation of contextual fear memory formation

QS Lin, Q Yang, DD Liu, Z Sun, H Dang, J Liang… - Brain research …, 2011 - Elsevier
Recent studies show contradictory results regarding the contribution of endocannabinoids in
fear memory formation and long-term synaptic plasticity. In this study, we investigated the …

Plasma Biomarkers for Monitoring Brain Pathophysiology in FMR1 Premutation Carriers

C Giulivi, E Napoli, F Tassone, J Halmai… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Premutation carriers have a 55–200 CGG expansion in the fragile X mental retardation 1
(FMR1) gene. Currently, 1.5 million individuals are affected in the United States, and carriers …

Sleep deprivation increases oleoylethanolamide in human cerebrospinal fluid

D Koethe, D Schreiber, A Giuffrida, C Mauss… - Journal of neural …, 2009 - Springer
This study investigated the role of two fatty acid ethanolamides, the endogenous
cannabinoid anandamide and its structural analog oleoylethanolamide in sleep deprivation …

Memory consolidation depends on endogenous hippocampal levels of anandamide: CB1 and M4, but possibly not TRPV1 receptors mediate AM404 effects

K Scienza-Martin, FN Lotz, QK Zanona… - Neuroscience, 2022 - Elsevier
The endocannabinoid system is involved in the fine-tuning of local synaptic plasticity in the
hippocampus during the initial steps of memory formation/transformation. In spite of …