Cannabidiol: pharmacology and therapeutic targets

SC Britch, S Babalonis, SL Walsh - Psychopharmacology, 2021 - Springer
Rationale Cannabidiol (CBD) products lacking regulatory approval are being used to self-
treat a myriad of conditions and for their unsubstantiated health benefits. The scientific …

General pathways of pain sensation and the major neurotransmitters involved in pain regulation

MF Yam, YC Loh, CS Tan, S Khadijah Adam… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Pain has been considered as a concept of sensation that we feel as a reaction to the
stimulus of our surrounding, putting us in harm's way and acting as a form of defense …

The pharmacokinetics and the pharmacodynamics of cannabinoids

CJ Lucas, P Galettis, J Schneider - British journal of clinical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
There is increasing interest in the use of cannabinoids for disease and symptom
management, but limited information available regarding their pharmacokinetics and …

[HTML][HTML] Crystal structure of the human cannabinoid receptor CB2

X Li, T Hua, K Vemuri, JH Ho, Y Wu, L Wu, P Popov… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
The cannabinoid receptor CB2 is predominately expressed in the immune system, and
selective modulation of CB2 without the psychoactivity of CB1 has therapeutic potential in …

An introduction to the endogenous cannabinoid system

HC Lu, K Mackie - Biological psychiatry, 2016 - Elsevier
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) is a widespread neuromodulatory system that plays
important roles in central nervous system development, synaptic plasticity, and the response …

Cannabis sativa L. Bioactive Compounds and Their Protective Role in Oxidative Stress and Inflammation

DM Kopustinskiene, R Masteikova, R Lazauskas… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) plants from the family Cannabidaceae have been used since
ancient times, to produce fibers, oil, and for medicinal purposes. Psychoactive delta-9 …

Medical use of cannabinoids

AI Fraguas-Sánchez, AI Torres-Suárez - Drugs, 2018 - Springer
Cannabinoid receptors, endocannabinoids and the enzymes responsible for their
biosynthesis and degradation constitute the endocannabinoid system. In recent decades …

From phytocannabinoids to cannabinoid receptors and endocannabinoids: pleiotropic physiological and pathological roles through complex pharmacology

A Ligresti, L De Petrocellis… - Physiological …, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Apart from having been used and misused for at least four millennia for, among others,
recreational and medicinal purposes, the cannabis plant and its most peculiar chemical …

THC and CBD: Similarities and differences between siblings

N Stella - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Summary Δ 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and its sibling, cannabidiol (CBD), are produced
by the same Cannabis plant and have similar chemical structures but differ dramatically in …

Neurobiological interactions between stress and the endocannabinoid system

M Morena, S Patel, JS Bains, MN Hill - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2016 - nature.com
Stress affects a constellation of physiological systems in the body and evokes a rapid shift in
many neurobehavioral processes. A growing body of work indicates that the …