期刊
ADDICTION BIOLOGY
卷 13, 期 2, 页码 147-159出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2008.00108.x
关键词
anandamide; cannabinoid receptors; cannabis; clinical applications of cannabinoids; endocannabinoid system; Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol
资金
- NIDA NIH HHS [P01 DA009789, P01 DA009789-12A1, R01 DA003672, R01 DA003672-24A1] Funding Source: Medline
A major finding-that (-)-trans-Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (Delta(9)-THC) is largely responsible for the psychotropic effects of cannabis-prompted research in the 1970s and 1980s that led to the discovery that this plant cannabinoid acts through at least two types of cannabinoid receptor, CB1 and CB2, and that Delta(9)-THC and other compounds that target either or both of these receptors as agonists or antagonists have important therapeutic applications. It also led to the discovery that mammalian tissues can themselves synthesize and release agonists for cannabinoid receptors, the first of these to be discovered being arachidonoylethanolamide (anandamide) and 2-arachidonoylglycerol. These 'endocannabinoids' are released onto their receptors in a manner that appears to maintain homeostasis within the central nervous system and sometimes either to oppose or to mediate or exacerbate the unwanted effects of certain disorders. This review provides an overview of the pharmacology of cannabinoid receptors and their ligands. It also describes actual and potential clinical uses both for cannabinoid receptor agonists and antagonists and for compounds that affect the activation of cannabinoid receptors less directly, for example by inhibiting the enzymatic hydrolysis of endocannabinoids following their release.
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