Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21507493›Full record

ReviewTrends in neurosciences2011

Supply and demand for endocannabinoids.

Bradley E Alger, Jimok Kim

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In one paragraph

Review in Trends in neurosciences, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 143 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
143citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
25.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

143 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 272 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. The endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol is released and transported on demand via extracellular microvesicles.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  14. Endocannabinoid System Biomarkers in Alzheimer's Disease.Cannabis and cannabinoid research · 2023
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  15. Microglial Cannabinoid CBInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  20. Medical cannabis and cannabidiol: A new harvest for Malawi.Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2022
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83 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bradley E AlgerDepartment of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 655 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. balgerlab@gmail.com
Jimok Kim
University of Maryland, Baltimore · USWalker (United States) · US

Funding

Endocannabinoids and GABAergic Control of PlasticityR01DA014625 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI ALGER, BRADLEY E · 2001 to 2011
$2.9M
Interactions Among Hippocampal Interneuron CircuitsR01MH077277 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI ALGER, BRADLEY E · 2006 to 2012
$1.8M
Regulation of Basal Endocannabinoid Tone in the HippocampusR01AG036794 · NIA · AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY · PI KIM, JIMOK · 2010 to 2014
$914k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG036794NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA014625NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH077277
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The endocannabinoid system consists of G-protein-coupled cannabinoid receptors that can be activated by cannabis-derived drugs and small lipids termed endocannabinoids (eCBs) plus associated biochemical machinery (precursors, synthetic and degradative enzymes, transporters). The eCB system in the brain primarily influences neuronal synaptic communication, and affects biological functions - including eating, anxiety, learning and memory, growth and development - via an array of actions throughout the nervous system. Although many aspects of synaptic regulation by eCBs are becoming clear, details of the subcellular organization and regulation of the eCB system are less well understood. This review focuses on recent investigations that illuminate fundamental issues of eCB storage, release, and functional roles.

Indexed as

EndocannabinoidsAnimalsBrainCannabinoid Receptor ModulatorsHumansNeuronal PlasticityReceptors, CannabinoidCannabinoid Receptor ModulatorsEndocannabinoidsReceptors, Cannabinoid

Identifiers

PMID21507493
PMCPMC3106144
OpenAlexW2044927265

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