The emerging role of the endocannabinoid system in cardiovascular disease
✍ Scribed by Pál Pacher; Sabine Steffens
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 825 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1863-2297
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📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES
Endocannabinoids (eCBs) are endogenous lipids that bind principally type-1 and type-2 cannabinoid (CB 1 and CB 2 ) receptors. N-Arachidonoylethanolamine (AEA, anandamide) and 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) are the best characterized eCBs that are released from membrane phospholipid precursors through
The medicinal properties of exogenous cannabinoids have been recognized for centuries and can largely be attributed to the activation in the nervous system of a single G-protein-coupled receptor, CB1. However, the beneficial properties of cannabinoids, which include relief of pain and spasticity, ar