Endocannabinoid

Our bodies naturally produce a marijuanalike chemical known as endocannabinoid. ❋ KELLY TRAVER (2009)

~ New Study Examines 'Brain's Own Marijuana' -- "A researcher at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions RIA is investigating the "brain's own marijuana" -- called endocannabinoid -- in the regulation of stress, stress-related behavior and anxiety." ❋ William Harryman (2007)

Now this system is called a endocannabinoid system. ❋ Unknown (2006)

These receptors, known as endocannabinoid receptors, affect the action of the brain's dopamine systems, fine-tuning the response of the neurons involved. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It is the first of a class of medicines that blocks the so-called endocannabinoid system in the central nervous system. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The natural painkiller, 2-AG, is one of the two major "endocannabinoid" neurotransmitters. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Anandamide is an "endocannabinoid", a natural substance which can affect neurons, but it is possible that the cannabinoids found in marijuana may mimic some of its effects - which could explain why cannabis use has been associated with subfertility in men. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Piomelli said it provides more support for finding ways to manipulate hunger -- particularly your desire to eat more than you need -- by disrupting how the endocannabinoid system works. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Kirkham, a professor of experimental psychology at the University of Liverpool in England, said the challenge is finding a drug that affects the endocannabinoid system but doesn't enter the brain and cause the psychological side effects. ❋ Unknown (2011)

They found that only fat appeared to turn on the endocannabinoid system by a signal that traveled to the brain and then to the intestines via a certain nerve bundle called the vagus, and that happened early in the process of digestion. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I think what you're going to see in the next decade is that we will understand the endocannabinoid system better and that the big pharma will realize that there are a lot of medications that can be sort of standardized and brought to market that aren't plants. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the new study, Piomelli and colleagues from Yeshiva University in New York sought to determine how food affects the endocannabinoid system and which particular aspects of food set it off. ❋ Unknown (2011)