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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2015

Cellular Mechanisms of Action of Drug Abuse on Olfactory Neurons.

Thomas Heinbockel, Ze-Jun Wang

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Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. IMPAIRED OLFACTORY FUNCTION IN SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025
    Article
  3. Review
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Neuromodulation of Synaptic Transmission in the Main Olfactory Bulb.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018
    Review
  8. Epigenetic Effects of Drugs of Abuse.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018
    Review
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 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas HeinbockelDepartment of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA. theinbockel@howard.edu.
Ze-Jun WangDepartment of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA. zejunwang@hotmail.com.
Howard University · US

Funding

PROTEOMICS CORE FACILITYG12MD007597 · NIMHD · HOWARD UNIVERSITY · PI SOUTHERLAND, WILLIAM M. · 2012 to 2018
$14.8M
NIMHD NIH HHS G12 MD007597NIMHD NIH HHS MD007597
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cannabinoids (Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol) are the active ingredient of marijuana (cannabis) which is the most commonly abused illicit drug in the USA. In addition to being known and used as recreational drugs, cannabinoids are produced endogenously by neurons in the brain (endocannabinoids) and serve as important signaling molecules in the nervous system and the rest of the body. Cannabinoids have been implicated in bodily processes both in health and disease. Recent pharmacological and physiological experiments have described novel aspects of classic brain signaling mechanisms or revealed unknown mechanisms of cellular communication involving the endocannabinoid system. While several forms of signaling have been described for endocannabinoids, the most distinguishing feature of endocannabinoids is their ability to act as retrograde messengers in neural circuits. Neurons in the main olfactory bulb express high levels of cannabinoid receptors. Here, we describe the cellular mechanisms and function of this novel brain signaling system in regulating neural activity at synapses in olfactory circuits. Results from basic research have the potential to provide the groundwork for translating the neurobiology of drug abuse to the realm of the pharmacotherapeutic treatment of addiction, specifically marijuana substance use disorder.

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BrainCannabinoid Receptor ModulatorsCannabisEndocannabinoidsHumansMarijuana AbuseNeuronsReceptors, CannabinoidSignal TransductionSmellUnited StatesCannabinoid Receptor ModulatorsEndocannabinoidsReceptors, Cannabinoidbraincannabinoidcentral nervous systemdrug abusedrug addictionelectrophysiologyhealth disparitymarijuananeuroscienceolfaction

Identifiers

PMID26703658
PMCPMC4730396
OpenAlexW2214206939

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