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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2012

Endocannabinoids and the processing of value-related signals.

Miriam Melis, Anna Lisa Muntoni, Marco Pistis

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Endocannabinoids in nervous system health and disease: the big picture in a nutshell.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2012
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  17. Hub and switches: endocannabinoid signalling in midbrain dopamine neurons.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2012
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  18. Braking dopamine systems: a new GABA master structure for mesolimbic and nigrostriatal functions.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2012
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Miriam MelisB.B. Brodie Department of Neuroscience, University of Cagliari Monserrato, Italy.
Anna Lisa Muntoni
Marco Pistis
Neuroscience Institute · ITUniversity of Cagliari · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endocannabinoids serve as retrograde signaling molecules at many synapses within the CNS, particularly GABAergic and glutamatergic synapses. Synapses onto midbrain dopamine (DA) neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) make no exception to this rule. In fact, the effects of cannabinoids on dopamine transmission as well as DA-related behaviors are generally exerted through the modulation of inhibitory and excitatory afferents impinging onto DA neurons. Endocannabinoids, by regulating different forms of synaptic plasticity in the VTA, provide a critical modulation of the DA neuron output and, ultimately, of the systems driving and regulating motivated behaviors. Because DA cells exhibit diverse states of activity, which crucially depend on their intrinsic properties and afferent drive, the understanding of the role played by endocannabinoids in synaptic modulations is critical for their overall functions. Particularly, endocannabinoids by selectively inhibiting afferent activity may alter the functional states of DA neurons and potentiate the responsiveness of the reward system to phasic DA.

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2-arachidonoylglyceroldopamine neuronselectrophysiologyLTDLTPoleoylethanolamidePPAR-α

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PMID22347186
PMCPMC3270484
OpenAlexW2030956888

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