Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39829909›Full record

ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

Endocannabinoids facilitate transitory reward engagement through retrograde gain-control.

David J Marcus, Anthony E English, Gunn Chun, Emmaline F Seth, Rachel Oomen, Sabrina Hwang, Bailey Wells, Sean C Piantadosi, Azra Suko, Yulong Li and 4 more

Abstract readPreprint
In one paragraph

Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

David J Marcus
Anthony E English
Gunn Chun
Emmaline F Seth
Rachel Oomen
Sabrina Hwang
Bailey Wells
Sean C Piantadosi
Azra Suko
Yulong Li
Larry S Zweifel
Benjamin B Land
Nephi Stella
Michael R Bruchas

Funding

University of Washington Center of Excellence in Opioid Addiction ResearchP30DA048736 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Charles Chavkin · 2019 to 2026
$13.0M
Decoding Locus Coeruleus Neural Circuits and Signaling In Negative AffectR01MH112355 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Michael R. Bruchas · 2016 to 2026
$5.3M
DISSECTING DYNORPHIN-KAPPA OPIOID MEDIATED REINSTATEMENT OF NICOTINE PREFERENCER37DA033396 · NIDA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Michael R. Bruchas · 2018 to 2026
$3.8M
Cannabidiol and terpenoid interactions in amygdalar regulation of pain statesR01AT011524 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Benjamin Land · 2022 to 2026
$2.1M
University of Washington Significant Opportunities in Addiction Research (UW-SOAR) Neuroscience Doctoral Readiness ProgramR25DA057786 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI FERGUSON, SUSAN MARIE, PHILLIPS, PAUL E. M. · 2022 to 2025
$1.4M
Differential control of 2-AG’s activity at CB1R by ABHD6 and MAGLR21DA056816 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI STELLA, NEPHI · 2023 to 2024
$428k
Role of CB1R expressed in the prefrontal cortex in the control of locomotionR21DA057186 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI STELLA, NEPHI · 2023 to 2024
$428k
Endocannabinoid modulation of behavioral engagement via an aPVT-NAc circuitK99DA059617 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MARCUS, DAVID J. · 2024 to 2025
$349k
Neurotensinergic-eCB modulation of reward and aversion via a PVT-NAc circuitF32DA054709 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MARCUS, DAVID J. · 2021 to 2023
$189k
NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT011524NIDA NIH HHS F32 DA054709NIDA NIH HHS K99 DA059617NIDA NIH HHS P30 DA048736NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA056816NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA057186NIDA NIH HHS R25 DA057786NIDA NIH HHS R37 DA033396NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH112355
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuromodulatory signaling is poised to serve as a neural mechanism for gain control, acting as a crucial tuning factor to influence neuronal activity by dynamically shaping excitatory and inhibitory fast neurotransmission. The endocannabinoid (eCB) signaling system, the most widely expressed neuromodulatory system in the mammalian brain, is known to filter excitatory and inhibitory inputs through retrograde, pre-synaptic action. However, whether eCBs exert retrograde gain control to ultimately facilitate reward-seeking behaviors in freely moving mammals is not established. Using a suite of in vivo physiological, imaging, genetic and machine learning-based approaches, we report a fundamental role for eCBs in controlling behavioral engagement in reward-seeking behavior through a defined thalamo-striatal circuit.

Identifiers

PMID39829909
PMCPMC11741309

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.