Identification of the Synthetic Pathway Producing the Endocannabinoid that Mediates the Bulk of Retrograde Signaling in the Brain
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Endocannabinoids serve as retrograde messengers that are released by postsynaptic cells to regulate neurotransmitter release from presynaptic boutons. A new study in this issue of Neuron by Tanimura et al. establishes that most endocannabinoid signaling in the brain is a consequence of the calcium-dependent or receptor-driven generation of the retrograde signal 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) by diacylglycerol lipase alpha (DGLalpha).
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Neuron
دوره 65 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010