2014 Mar;17(3):336-7. doi: 10.1038/nn.3653.
Inhaling: endocannabinoids and food intake.
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- The endocannabinoid system controls food intake via olfactory processes. [Nat Neurosci. 2014]
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Publication Types, MeSH Terms, Substances
Publication Types
MeSH Terms
- Animals
- Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists/pharmacology*
- Eating/physiology*
- Endocannabinoids/physiology*
- Feeding Behavior/physiology*
- Male
- Olfactory Pathways/physiology*
- Olfactory Perception/physiology*
- Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB1/metabolism*
- Synaptic Transmission/physiology*
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Inhaling: endocannabinoids and food intake
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Feeding effects of CB1 receptors are commonly associated with exogenous cannabinoids, but a study now identifies a circuit by which endocannabinoid activation of CB1 receptors in the main olfactory bulb regulates normal food intake.
