The Endocannabinoid System and Alzheimer’s Disease
✍ Scribed by Cristina Benito; Estefanía Núñez; María Ruth Pazos; Rosa María Tolón; Julián Romero
- Book ID
- 107582552
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 122 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0893-7648
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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
Glutamate is the major transmitter of the brain and is involved in all aspects of cognitive function since it is the transmitter of cortical and hippocampal pyramidal neurones. Furthermore, glutamate and glutamate receptors are involved in long-term potentiation, a process believed to underlie learn