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Bimodal control of stimulated food intake by the endocannabinoid system

Authors :
Nagore Puente
Pedro Grandes
Daniela Cota
Astrid Cannich
Pauline Lafenêtre
Francis Chaouloff
Giovanni Marsicano
Pier Vincenzo Piazza
Luigi Bellocchio
Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)
Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1
Psychoneuroimmunologie, nutrition et génétique
Université Bordeaux Segalen - Bordeaux 2-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
University of the Basque Country
Source :
Nature Neuroscience, Nature Neuroscience, Nature Publishing Group, 2010, 13 (3), pp.281-283. ⟨10.1038/nn.2494⟩, Nature Neuroscience; Vol 13
Publication Year :
2010
Publisher :
HAL CCSD, 2010.

Abstract

Activation of cannabinoid type-1 receptors (CB(1)) is universally recognized as a powerful endogenous orexigenic signal, but the detailed underlying neuronal mechanisms are not fully understood. Using combined genetic and pharmacological approaches in mice, we found that ventral striatal CB(1) receptors exerted a hypophagic action through inhibition of GABAergic transmission. Conversely, brain CB(1) receptors modulating excitatory transmission mediated the well-known orexigenic effects of cannabinoids.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10976256 and 15461726
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nature Neuroscience, Nature Neuroscience, Nature Publishing Group, 2010, 13 (3), pp.281-283. ⟨10.1038/nn.2494⟩, Nature Neuroscience; Vol 13
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....f9b564323a878ae30e3c0c53e4503391
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.2494⟩