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ReviewNeuropharmacology2011

Endocannabinoid-mediated synaptic plasticity and addiction-related behavior.

Nimish Sidhpura, Loren H Parsons

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Review in Neuropharmacology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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49citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.0field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

49 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Highway to hell or magic smoke? The dose-dependence of ΔLearning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nimish SidhpuraCommittee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Loren H Parsons
Scripps Research Institute · US

Funding

Viral Vector CoreP60AA006420 · NIAAA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI ERIC P ZORRILLA · 2003 to 2026
$46.3M
STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF FAAHP01DA017259 · NIDA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI CRAVATT, BENJAMIN F · 2004 to 2013
$10.6M
SYSTEMIC NEUROPHARMACOLOGYP50AA006420 · NIAAA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI GRUOL, SANNA · 1985 to 2002
$5.1M
TRANSLATIONAL CTR ON THE CLINICAL NEUROBIOL OF CANNABIS ADDICTIONP20DA024194 · NIDA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI MASON, BARBARA J · 2007 to 2010
$3.8M
Alcohol dependence and brain endocannabinoid functionR01AA020404 · NIAAA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI MARTIN-FARDON, REMI · 2011 to 2015
$2.2M
CB1 Modulation of Opioid Peptides and Ethanol IntakeR01AA014619 · NIAAA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI PARSONS, LOREN H. · 2004 to 2008
$1.7M
NIAAA NIH HHS P50 AA006420NIAAA NIH HHS P60 AA006420NIAAA NIH HHS P60-AA006420NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA014619NIAAA NIH HHS R01-AA014619NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA020404NIDA NIH HHS P01 DA017259NIDA NIH HHS P01-DA017259NIDA NIH HHS P20 DA024194NIDA NIH HHS P20-DA024194
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endogenous cannabinoids (eCBs) are retrograde messengers that provide feedback inhibition of both excitatory and inhibitory transmission in brain through the activation of presynaptic CB₁ receptors. Substantial evidence indicates that eCBs mediate various forms of short- and long-term plasticity in brain regions involved in the etiology of addiction. The present review provides an overview of the mechanisms through which eCBs mediate various forms of synaptic plasticity and discusses evidence that eCB-mediated plasticity is disrupted following exposure to a variety of abused substances that differ substantially in pharmacodynamic mechanism including alcohol, psychostimulants and cannabinoids. The possible involvement of dysregulated eCB signaling in maladaptive behaviors that evolve over long-term drug exposure is also discussed, with a particular focus on altered behavioral responses to drug exposure, deficient extinction of drug-related memories, increased drug craving and relapse, heightened stress sensitivity and persistent affective disruption (anxiety and depression).

Indexed as

EndocannabinoidsNeuronal PlasticityAnimalsBehavior, AddictiveCannabinoid Receptor ModulatorsHumansIllicit DrugsNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronsNeurotransmitter Uptake InhibitorsPresynaptic TerminalsReceptor, Cannabinoid, CB1Signal TransductionSubstance-Related DisordersCannabinoid Receptor ModulatorsEndocannabinoidsIllicit DrugsNerve Tissue ProteinsNeurotransmitter Uptake InhibitorsReceptor, Cannabinoid, CB1

Identifiers

PMID21669214
PMCPMC3176941
OpenAlexW2030041532

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