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ReviewDevelopment, growth & differentiation2017

Role of the endocannabinoid system in vertebrates: Emphasis on the zebrafish model.

Francesca Oltrabella, Adam Melgoza, Brian Nguyen, Su Guo

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Review in Development, growth & differentiation, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
5.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Exploring Cannabinoid Effects Using Zebrafish (International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  8. Changes of CB1 Receptor Expression in Tissues of Cocaine-Exposed Eels.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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  13. Zebrafish as an Animal Model in Cannabinoid Research.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  18. Hemp in Animal Diets-Cannabidiol.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Francesca OltrabellaDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, 94158-2811, USA.
Adam MelgozaDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, 94158-2811, USA.
Brian NguyenDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, 94158-2811, USA.
Su GuoDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, 94158-2811, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7342-0108
University of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES AND PHARMACOGENOMICST32GM007175 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI AHITUV, NADAV, KROETZ, DEANNA L · 1985 to 2021
$7.1M
Developing tools for understanding neuromodulation of hypothalamic funcR01DA035680 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI GUO, SU · 2013 to 2017
$1.7M
A novel RNA-guided platform for dissecting cannabinoid signaling in reward circuit developmentR21DA038447 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI GUO, SU · 2015 to 2016
$383k
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA035680NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA038447NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007175
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The endocannabinoid system (eCBs), named after the plant Cannabis sativa, comprises cannabinoid receptors, endogenous ligands known as "endocannabinoids", and enzymes involved in the biosynthesis and degradation of these ligands, as well as putative transporters for these ligands. ECBs proteins and small molecules have been detected in early embryonic stages of many vertebrate models. As a result, cannabinoid receptors and endogenous as well as exogenous cannabinoids influence development and behavior in many vertebrate species. Understanding the precise mechanisms of action for the eCBs will provide an invaluable guide towards elucidation of vertebrate development and will also help delineate how developmental exposure to marijuana might impact health and cognitive/executive functioning in adulthood. Here we review the developmental roles of the eCBs in vertebrates, focusing our attention on the zebrafish model. Since little is known regarding the eCBs in zebrafish, we provide new data on the expression profiles of eCBs genes during development and in adult tissue types of this model organism. We also highlight exciting areas for future investigations, including the synaptic regulation of eCBs, its role in reward and addiction, and in nervous system development and plasticity.

Indexed as

AnimalsDronabinolEndocannabinoidsReceptors, CannabinoidZebrafishDronabinolEndocannabinoidsReceptors, Cannabinoid2-AGAnandamidecannabinoid receptorsdevelopmentendocannabinoid systemTetrahydrocannabinolzebrafish

Identifiers

PMID28516445
PMCPMC5636690
OpenAlexW2616691755

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