Sentences with phrase «synthetic cannabinoids receptor»

This is particularly true in the case of synthetic cannabinoids receptor agonists, known by one of their popular brand names of Spice.

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So Harkany and his colleagues cultured mouse embryonic brain cells that expressed cannabinoid receptor proteins (CBRs) and exposed them to gradients of synthetic cannabinoids.

AM251 blocked the action of the synthetic cannabinoid on one of the brain receptors and led to a loss of the cannabinoid - related behavioural effects within a few minutes.

Two synthetic cannabinoids — compounds that act on specific receptors in the brain — have been approved for medical use in the U.S., both of which mimic a form of THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), the compound responsible for the «high» of recreational cannabis use.

Synthetic cannabinoids, similar to tetrahydrocannabinol (the psychoactive ingredient of marijuana), bind to cannabinoid receptors in the human brain, triggering similar neurophysiological effects.

A synthetic drug that stimulates the cannabinoid receptor CB1 restores motivation in HD mice.