[HTML][HTML] Review of the neurological benefits of phytocannabinoids

J Maroon, J Bost - Surgical neurology international, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Numerous physical, psychological, and emotional benefits have been
attributed to marijuana since its first reported use in 2,600 BC in a Chinese pharmacopoeia …

Stress-induced analgesia

RK Butler, DP Finn - Progress in neurobiology, 2009 - Elsevier
For over 30 years, scientists have been investigating the phenomenon of pain suppression
upon exposure to unconditioned or conditioned stressful stimuli, commonly known as stress …

The consequences of pain in early life: Injury‐induced plasticity in developing pain pathways

F Schwaller, M Fitzgerald - European journal of neuroscience, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Pain in infancy influences pain reactivity in later life, but how and why this occurs is poorly
understood. Here we review the evidence for developmental plasticity of nociceptive …

Cannabis sativa: Much more beyond Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol

P Alves, C Amaral, N Teixeira… - Pharmacological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cannabis is the most used illicit drug worldwide and its medicinal use is under discussion,
being regulated in several countries. However, the psychotropic effects of Δ 9 …

Cannabinoids and pain: sites and mechanisms of action

K Starowicz, DP Finn - Advances in Pharmacology, 2017 - Elsevier
The endocannabinoid system, consisting of the cannabinoid 1 receptor (CB 1 R) and
cannabinoid 2 receptor (CB 2 R), endogenous cannabinoid ligands (endocannabinoids) …

The role of the endocannabinoid system in pain

SG Woodhams, DR Sagar, JJ Burston, V Chapman - Pain control, 2015 - Springer
Preparations of the Cannabis sativa plant have been used to analgesic effect for millenia,
but only in recent decades has the endogenous system responsible for these effects been …

Allosteric modulation of GABAA receptors via multiple drug-binding sites

W Sieghart - Advances in pharmacology, 2015 - Elsevier
GABA A receptors are ligand-gated ion channels composed of five subunits that can be
opened by GABA and be modulated by multiple pharmacologically and clinically important …

Therapeutic potential of cannabis-related drugs

SPH Alexander - Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this review, I will consider the dual nature of Cannabis and cannabinoids. The duality
arises from the potential and actuality of cannabinoids in the laboratory and clinic and the …

Non‐psychoactive cannabinoids modulate the descending pathway of antinociception in anaesthetized rats through several mechanisms of action

S Maione, F Piscitelli, L Gatta, D Vita… - British journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Two non‐psychoactive cannabinoids, cannabidiol (CBD)
and cannabichromene (CBC), are known to modulate in vitro the activity of proteins involved …

The major central endocannabinoid directly acts at GABAA receptors

E Sigel, R Baur, I Rácz, J Marazzi… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
GABAA receptors are the major ionotropic inhibitory neurotransmitter receptors. The
endocannabinoid system is a lipid signaling network that modulates different brain functions …