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Ajulemic acidJenny L Wiley
Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Richmond, 23298, USA
IDrugs 8:1002-11. 2005..Indevus Pharmaceuticals Inc is developing ajulemic acid, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug derived from tetrahydrocannabinol, for the potential treatment of pain, inflammation and cystitis...
Pharmacological challenge reveals long-term effects of perinatal phencyclidine on delayed spatial alternation in ratsJenny L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, P O Box 980613, Richmond, VA 23298 0613, USA
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 27:867-73. 2003..These results suggest that perinatal administration of PCP may produce long-term alterations in cognition that are revealed by pharmacological challenge and manipulation of task difficulty...
Evaluation of the efficacy of antipsychotic attenuation of phencyclidine-disrupted prepulse inhibition in ratsJ L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298 0613, USA
J Neural Transm 109:523-35. 2002..None of the other antipsychotics nor spermine altered phencyclidine's effects. These results suggest that this model does not reliably differentiate between typical and atypical antipsychotics...
Resorcinol derivatives: a novel template for the development of cannabinoid CB(1)/CB(2) and CB(2)-selective agonistsJenny L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
J Pharmacol Exp Ther 301:679-89. 2002....
Nicotine-like discriminative stimulus effects of bupropion in ratsJenny L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298 0613, USA
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 10:129-35. 2002..Given bupropion's shared pharmacology with dopamine transport inhibitors, these effects may be produced in part through bupropion's actions on dopaminergic neurotransmission...
Paradoxical pharmacological effects of deoxy-tetrahydrocannabinol analogs lacking high CB1 receptor affinityJenny L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virg, USA
Pharmacology 66:89-99. 2002..In addition, some of these analogs may be very low efficacy agonists at CB(1) receptors that act as full agonists in vivo, but lack the ability to displace high affinity and high efficacy binding ligands in vitro...
Affinity and specificity of N-methyl- D-aspartate channel blockers affect their ability to disrupt prepulse inhibition of acoustic startle in ratsJenny L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, PO Box 980613, Richmond, VA 23298 0613, USA
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 165:378-85. 2003..Recently, a number of low-affinity NMDA channel blockers that exhibit minimal PCP-like effects in humans at therapeutic doses have been developed...
Cannabinoid pharmacology: implications for additional cannabinoid receptor subtypesJenny L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, PO Box 980613, Richmond, VA 23298 0613, USA
Chem Phys Lipids 121:57-63. 2002..While not yet conclusive, these results suggest the possibility of additional cannabinoid receptors in the brain and periphery...
Evaluation of toluene dependence and cross-sensitization to diazepamJenny L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, P O Box 980613, Richmond, VA 23298 0613, USA
Life Sci 72:3023-33. 2003..Further, these studies add to increasing evidence that abused inhalants do not have identical pharmacological effects...
Cannabinoid pharmacological properties common to other centrally acting drugsJenny L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Box 980613, Richmond, VA 23298 0613, USA
Eur J Pharmacol 471:185-93. 2003....
Sex-dependent effects of delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol on locomotor activity in miceJenny L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia, P O Box 980613, 410 North 12th Street, Richmond, VA 23298 0613, USA
Neurosci Lett 352:77-80. 2003..These results are consistent with those of previous studies in which cannabinoids were more potent at producing locomotor suppression and antinociception in female than in male rats...
Effects of modulators of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-mediated neurotransmission on diazepam discrimination in ratsJenny L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, PO Box 980613, Richmond, VA 23298 0613, USA
Life Sci 75:141-51. 2004..Further, they suggest that similarities between the stimulus properties of GABA(A) agonists and NMDA antagonists are at least as strong as similarities among agonists acting at different sites on GABA(A) receptors...
Progressive ratio performance following challenge with antipsychotics, amphetamine, or NMDA antagonists in adult rats treated perinatally with phencyclidineJenny L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, PO Box 980613, Richmond, VA 23298 0613, USA
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 177:170-7. 2004..In addition to cognitive deficits, schizophrenic patients may also exhibit negative symptoms such as lack of motivation...
A comparison of the discriminative stimulus effects of delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol and O-1812, a potent and metabolically stable anandamide analog, in ratsJenny L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 980613, USA
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 12:173-9. 2004..O-1839, a VR(1) agonist, failed to substitute for either cannabinoid. These results suggest that the discriminative stimulus effects of Delta(9)-THC and O-1812 are similar, but subtle differences also exist...
Task specificity of cross-tolerance between Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol and anandamide analogs in miceJenny L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Box 980613, Richmond, Virginia 23298 0613, USA
Eur J Pharmacol 510:59-68. 2005....
CB1 cannabinoid receptor-mediated modulation of food intake in miceJenny L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Box 980613, Richmond, VA 23298 0613, USA
Br J Pharmacol 145:293-300. 2005..g., decreased feeding behavior and locomotor stimulation). In either case, these results strongly suggest that CB(1) receptors may play a role in regulation of feeding behavior...
Evaluation of 1,1,1-trichloroethane and flurothyl locomotor effects following diazepam treatment in miceJenny L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, P O Box 980613, Richmond, VA 23298 0613, USA
Pharmacol Biochem Behav 71:163-9. 2002..These results suggest that the development of sensitization to TCE involves common mechanisms with those that are affected by repeated dosing with the CNS depressant diazepam...
Effects of modulation of NMDA neurotransmission on response rate and duration in a conflict procedure in ratsJ L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298 0613, USA
Neuropharmacology 37:1527-34. 1998..Further research is needed to clarify the experimental conditions under which the anxiolytic potential of NMDA antagonists is most evident...
Evaluation of cannabimimetic effects of structural analogs of anandamide in ratsJ L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298 0613, USA
Eur J Pharmacol 355:113-8. 1998..These results support the prediction that the subjective effects of anandamide analogs that have been developed thus far would not be cannabimimetic except at high doses...
Antipunishment activity of diazepam in rats trained to discriminate diazepam from vehicleJ L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298 0613, USA
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 7:13-9. 1999..The potential utility of this new method is that it allows direct comparisons of the antipunishment and discriminative stimulus effects of putative anxiolytic drugs during a single session with the same animals...
Nitric oxide synthase inhibitors do not substitute in rats trained to discriminate phencyclidine from salineJ L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298 0613, USA
Eur J Pharmacol 367:7-11. 1999....
Effects of nitric oxide synthase inhibitors on timing and short-term memory in ratsJ L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298 0613, USA
Behav Pharmacol 11:421-9. 2000..The present results lend further support to the hypothesis that nitric oxide modulation does not affect retention of well-learned tasks, although it may affect acquisition of novel behavior...
Antinociceptive effects of tetrahydrocannabinol side chain analogs: dependence upon route of administrationJ L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298 0613, USA
Eur J Pharmacol 397:319-26. 2000..t. These results suggest that receptor mechanisms for cannabinoid antinociceptive effects differ in brain and spinal cord, although potential pharmacokinetic differences in rate of local distribution cannot be eliminated...
Influence of phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride on anandamide brain levels and pharmacological effectsJ L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298 0613, USA
Life Sci 67:1573-83. 2000..These results further suggest that metabolite contribution to anandamide's effects, if any, would occur primarily at later times...
Separation of drug effects on timing and behavioral inhibition by increased stimulus controlJ L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond 23298 0613, USA
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 8:451-61. 2000..Collectively, these results suggest that the use of different levels of stimulus control may aid in separation of drug effects on timing and other behavioral processes, including behavioral inhibition...
Novel pyrazole cannabinoids: insights into CB(1) receptor recognition and activationJ L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Richmond, Virginia 23298 0613, USA
J Pharmacol Exp Ther 296:1013-22. 2001..These results suggest that the structural properties of 1- and 5-substituents are primarily responsible for the antagonist activity of SR141716A...
Assessment of the role of CB1 receptors in cannabinoid anticonvulsant effectsM J Wallace
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298 0599, USA
Eur J Pharmacol 428:51-7. 2001..This study establishes a role for the cannabinoid CB1 receptor in modulating seizure activity in a whole animal model...
Effects of modulation of nitric oxide on acoustic startle responding and prepulse inhibition in ratsJ L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298 0613, USA
Eur J Pharmacol 328:125-30. 1997....
Phencyclidine- and diazepam-like discriminative stimulus effects of inhalants in miceS E Bowen
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 7:28-37. 1999....
Effects of SR 141716A after acute or chronic cannabinoid administration in dogsA H Lichtman
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, MCV Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298 0613, USA
Eur J Pharmacol 357:139-48. 1998..This is the first demonstration of a precipitated withdrawal syndrome in a non-rodent species...
Interactions between THC and cannabidiol in mouse models of cannabinoid activityS A Varvel
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 186:226-34. 2006..Such interactions may have important implications for understanding the long-term health consequences of chronic marijuana use as well as for attempts to develop therapeutic uses for THC and other CB(1) agonists...
Combinations of clozapine and phencyclidine: effects on drug discrimination and behavioral inhibition in ratsA D Compton
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284-2018, USA
Neuropharmacology 40:289-97. 2001..Since chronic dosing is required for therapeutic efficacy of antipsychotics, future studies should focus on investigation of chronic dosing effects of these drugs in combination with PCP...
Manipulation of the tetrahydrocannabinol side chain delineates agonists, partial agonists, and antagonistsB R Martin
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
J Pharmacol Exp Ther 290:1065-79. 1999..The finding that manipulations of the side chain produces high- affinity ligands with either antagonist, partial agonist, or full agonist effects reveals a critical structural feature for receptor activation...
Effects of phencyclidine-like drugs on punished behavior in ratsJ H Porter
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
J Pharmacol Exp Ther 248:997-1002. 1989..The concordance between the discriminative stimulus properties and antipunishment effects of PCP-like drugs and actions at the PCP receptor suggests that the PCP receptor may play a role in both behavioral actions of this group of drugs...
Kappa opioid mediation of cannabinoid effects of the potent hallucinogen, salvinorin A, in rodentsD Matthew Walentiny
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, P O Box 980613, Richmond, VA 23298 0613, USA
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 210:275-84. 2010..Several recent studies, however, have suggested endocannabinoid system mediation of some of its effects...
Comparative effects of dextromethorphan and dextrorphan on nicotine discrimination in ratsM Jerry Wright
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298-0613 USA
Pharmacol Biochem Behav 85:507-13. 2006..Further, they suggest that the role of cholinergic mediation of the behavioral effects of dextrorphan and dextromethorphan related to the abuse properties of nicotine may be minimal...
Discriminative stimulus properties of delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in C57Bl/6J miceRobert E Vann
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States
Eur J Pharmacol 615:102-7. 2009..Taken together these studies demonstrate THC's ability to produce discriminative stimulus effects as well as demonstrate its pharmacological specificity and mechanism of action in a two-lever drug discrimination mouse model...
Effects of the specific α4β2 nAChR antagonist, 2-fluoro-3-(4-nitrophenyl) deschloroepibatidine, on nicotine reward-related behaviors in rats and miceK M Tobey
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1217 E Marshall St, PO Box 980613, Richmond, VA 23298 0613, USA
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 223:159-68. 2012..Investigating novel compounds selectively targeting α4β2 nAChRs hypothesized to have a key role in the rewarding effects of nicotine may be a useful approach for future treatment...
NMDA antagonists produce site-selective impairment of accuracy in a delayed nonmatch-to-sample task in ratsC B Willmore
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Box 980613, Richmond, VA 23298-0613, USA
Neuropharmacology 41:916-27. 2001....
Long-term behavioral and neurodegenerative effects of perinatal phencyclidine administration: implications for schizophreniaC Wang
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-1031, USA
Neuroscience 107:535-50. 2001..It is postulated that these deficits may model the hypofrontality observed in schizophrenia and that this model may be helpful in designing appropriate pharmacotherapy...
Regional enhancement of cannabinoid CB₁ receptor desensitization in female adolescent rats following repeated Delta-tetrahydrocannabinol exposureJames J Burston
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
Br J Pharmacol 161:103-12. 2010..The aim of this study was to determine whether adolescent and adult rats exhibit differential adaptation of brain cannabinoid (CB(1)) receptors after repeated exposure to Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)...
Behavioral pharmacology of N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonists: implications for the study and pharmacotherapy of anxiety and schizophreniaJ L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298 0613, USA
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 5:365-74. 1997..Finally, examination of the discriminative stimulus effects of NMDA antagonists may allow prediction of adverse subjective effects of potential medications of this class...
Differential effects of delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol and methanandamide in CB1 knockout and wild-type miceCassandra Y Baskfield
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, P O Box 980613, Richmond, VA 23298 0613, USA
J Pharmacol Exp Ther 309:86-91. 2004..In contrast, diazepam did not produce between group differences, suggesting that CB1 receptors are not involved in diazepam-induced disruption of lever press responding...
Enhancement of the behavioral effects of endogenous and exogenous cannabinoid agonists by phenylmethyl sulfonyl fluorideR E Vann
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298 0613, United States
Neuropharmacology 62:1019-27. 2012..This article is part of a Special Issue entitled 'Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder'...
Age-dependent differences in sensitivity and sensitization to cannabinoids and 'club drugs' in male adolescent and adult ratsJenny L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, PO Box 980613, Richmond, Virginia 23298 0613, USA
Addict Biol 13:277-86. 2008..This differential sensitivity may contribute to the different patterns of use that have been noted in adolescent versus adult drug abusers...
Antipsychotic-induced suppression of locomotion in juvenile, adolescent and adult ratsJenny L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, P O Box 980613, Richmond, Virginia 23298 0613, USA
Eur J Pharmacol 578:216-21. 2008..Further, they suggest that, similar to adults, older adolescents may not develop tolerance to the activity suppression induced by these two antipsychotics...
Pharmacological effects of acute and repeated administration of Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol in adolescent and adult ratsJenny L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, P O Box 980613, Richmond, VA 23298 0613, USA
J Pharmacol Exp Ther 320:1097-105. 2007..Despite similarities in pharmacological effects of Delta(9)-THC after repeated use, adolescents and adults may exhibit differences in the pattern of transition from use to abuse...
Addiction epidemiology in adolescents receiving inpatient psychiatric treatmentMichael F Weaver
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
Addict Behav 32:3107-13. 2007..These results suggest that SUD is a major issue in adolescent psychiatric patients. More rigorous screening for SUD and its correlates may facilitate earlier detection of substance use in this vulnerable population...
Effects of hydroxymetabolites of bupropion on nicotine dependence behavior in miceM Imad Damaj
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA
J Pharmacol Exp Ther 334:1087-95. 2010....
Divergent effects of cannabidiol on the discriminative stimulus and place conditioning effects of Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinolRobert E Vann
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 410 North 12th Street, PO Box 980613, Richmond, VA 23298 0613, United States
Drug Alcohol Depend 94:191-8. 2008....
N-arachidonyl maleimide potentiates the pharmacological and biochemical effects of the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonylglycerol through inhibition of monoacylglycerol lipaseJames J Burston
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, P O Box 980613, Richmond, VA 23298 0613, USA
J Pharmacol Exp Ther 327:546-53. 2008..In addition, NAM's unmasking of 2-AG effects that are only partially reversed by SR141716A offers support for the existence of non-CB(1), non-CB(2) cannabinoid receptors...
Antipsychotic-induced alterations in CB1 receptor-mediated G-protein signaling and in vivo pharmacology in ratsJenny L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, P O Box 980613, Richmond, VA 23298 0613, USA
Neuropharmacology 55:1183-90. 2008..These findings suggest that modulation of the endocannabinoid system might contribute in a sex- and age-selective manner to differences in motor side effects of clozapine versus haloperidol...
To breed or not to breed? Empirical evaluation of drug effects in adolescent ratsJenny L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298 0613, USA
Int J Dev Neurosci 27:9-20. 2009..Further, these results suggest that careful attention to issues related to rodent procurement during adolescence is warranted and may help to account for divergent findings in different labs...
Chronic Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol during adolescence increases sensitivity to subsequent cannabinoid effects in delayed nonmatch-to-position in ratsJenny L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Box 980613, Richmond, Virginia 23298 0613, USA
Pharmacol Biochem Behav 94:516-23. 2010....
Dose-related differences in the regional pattern of cannabinoid receptor adaptation and in vivo tolerance development to delta9-tetrahydrocannabinolDiana L McKinney
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Box 980524, 1112 East Clay St, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
J Pharmacol Exp Ther 324:664-73. 2008..These results reveal that tolerance and CB(1) receptor adaptation exhibit similar dose-dependent development, and they are consistent with previous studies demonstrating less cannabinoid receptor adaptation in striatal circuits...
Cannabimimetic properties of ajulemic acidRobert E Vann
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298 0613, USA
J Pharmacol Exp Ther 320:678-86. 2007..In summary, this study shows that AJA, like Delta(9)-THC, exhibits psychoactive and therapeutic effects at nearly equal doses in preclinical models, suggesting similar limitations in their putative therapeutic profiles...
Enhancement of the discriminative stimulus effects of phencyclidine by the tetracycline antibiotics doxycycline and minocycline in ratsPatrik Munzar
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, 410 North 12th Street, Richmond, VA 23298 0613, USA
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 160:331-6. 2002..Tetracycline antibiotics share some neuroprotective and CNS effects with N-methyl- D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists...
Mechanism of action of cannabinoids: how it may lead to treatment of cachexia, emesis, and painBilly R Martin
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Richmond 23298-0613, USA
J Support Oncol 2:305-14; discussion 314-6. 2004....
Evaluation of age and sex differences in locomotion and catalepsy during repeated administration of haloperidol and clozapine in adolescent and adult ratsJenny L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298 0613, USA
Pharmacol Res 58:240-6. 2008..These results also emphasize the importance of age and sex as determinants of the pharmacological effects of these antipsychotics...
In vivo characterization of a novel inhibitor of CNS nicotinic receptorsM Imad Damaj
Department Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College Virginia Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University, Box 980613, Richmond VA 23298 0613, USA
Eur J Pharmacol 521:43-8. 2005..These results indicate that TMPH may possess unique selectivity for specific nicotinic receptor subtypes...
Pharmacological characterization of novel water-soluble cannabinoidsBilly R Martin
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298 0613, USA
J Pharmacol Exp Ther 318:1230-9. 2006..It is now possible to conduct cannabinoid research with agonists that are water-soluble and thus obviating the need of solubilizing agents...
Assessment of structural commonality between tetrahydrocannabinol and anandamideBilly R Martin
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, P O Box 980613, Richmond, VA 23298 0613, USA
Eur J Pharmacol 435:35-42. 2002....
Evaluation of the role of the arachidonic acid cascade in anandamide's in vivo effects in miceJenny L Wiley
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia 23298 0613, USA
Life Sci 80:24-35. 2006....
The disruptive effects of the CB1 receptor antagonist rimonabant on extinction learning in mice are task-specificFloride Niyuhire
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298 0613, USA
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 191:223-31. 2007..In contrast, CB(1) (-/-) mice exhibited normal extinction rates in an appetitively motivated operant conditioning task...
How much is too much? Phenotypic consequences of Rai1 overexpression in miceSanthosh Girirajan
Department of Human Genetics, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
Eur J Hum Genet 16:941-54. 2008..2) syndrome or SMS in humans...
In vitro complementation of Tdp1 deficiency indicates a stabilized enzyme-DNA adduct from tyrosyl but not glycolate lesions as a consequence of the SCAN1 mutationAmy J Hawkins
Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
DNA Repair (Amst) 8:654-63. 2009..Altogether, these results suggest that for 3'-phosphoglycolate overhang lesions, the SCAN1 mutation confers loss of function, while for 3'-phosphotyrosyl lesions, the mutation uniquely stabilizes a reaction intermediate...
1-Methoxy-, 1-deoxy-11-hydroxy- and 11-hydroxy-1-methoxy-Delta(8)-tetrahydrocannabinols: new selective ligands for the CB2 receptorJohn W Huffman
Howard L Hunter Laboratory, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 1905, USA
Bioorg Med Chem 10:4119-29. 2002....
3-Indolyl-1-naphthylmethanes: new cannabimimetic indoles provide evidence for aromatic stacking interactions with the CB(1) cannabinoid receptorJohn W Huffman
Howard L Hunter Laboratory, Clemson University, 29634 0973, Clemson, SC, USA
Bioorg Med Chem 11:539-49. 2003....
The role of fluorine substitution in the structure-activity relationships (SAR) of classical cannabinoidsPeter J Crocker
Organix Inc, 240 Salem Street, Woburn, MA 01801, USA
Bioorg Med Chem Lett 17:1504-7. 2007..In vitro studies show that substitution by a fluorine has a significant detrimental effect on CB1 binding which is supported by in vivo testing. The implications of these results on the SAR of classical cannabinoids are discussed...
Decreased sensitivity in adolescent vs. adult rats to the locomotor activating effects of tolueneScott E Bowen
Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Neurotoxicol Teratol 29:599-606. 2007....
Structure-activity relationships for 1',1'-dimethylalkyl-Delta8-tetrahydrocannabinolsJohn W Huffman
Howard L Hunter Laboratory, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 0973, USA
Bioorg Med Chem 11:1397-410. 2003....
Novel, potent THC/anandamide (hybrid) analogsCaryl Bourne
Organix, Inc, Woburn, MA 01801, USA
Bioorg Med Chem 15:7850-64. 2007..Several such analogs were synthesized and tested for their CB1 and CB2 binding affinities and in vivo activity (tetrad tests). The details of the synthesis and the biological activity of these compounds are described...
Synthesis and pharmacology of 1-deoxy analogs of CP-47,497 and CP-55,940John W Huffman
Howard L Hunter Laboratory, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 0973, USA
Bioorg Med Chem 16:322-35. 2008..The interactions of these 1-deoxy nontraditional cannabinoids with the CB(2) receptor are discussed...
Enantioselective synthesis of 1-methoxy- and 1-deoxy-2'-methyl-delta8-tetrahydrocannabinols: new selective ligands for the CB2 receptorJohn W Huffman
Howard L Hunter Laboratory, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 0973, USA
Bioorg Med Chem 14:247-62. 2006..In the 1-deoxy-3-(2'-methylalkyl)-delta8-THC series, the 2'S-methyl compounds in general have greater affinity for the CB2 receptor than the corresponding 2'R isomers...
Structure-activity relationships for 1-alkyl-3-(1-naphthoyl)indoles at the cannabinoid CB(1) and CB(2) receptors: steric and electronic effects of naphthoyl substituents. New highly selective CB(2) receptor agonistsJohn W Huffman
Howard L Hunter Laboratory, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 0973, USA
Bioorg Med Chem 13:89-112. 2005..Docking studies indicated that the CB(1) receptor affinities of these compounds were consistent with their aromatic stacking interactions in the aromatic microdomain of the CB(1) receptor...
New potent and selective inhibitors of anandamide reuptake with antispastic activity in a mouse model of multiple sclerosisAlessia Ligresti
Endocannabinoid Research Group, Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, C.N.R. Pozzuoli (Napoli, Italy
Br J Pharmacol 147:83-91. 2006....
Synthesis and pharmacology of 11-nor-1-methoxy-9-hydroxyhexahydrocannabinols and 11-nor-1-deoxy-9-hydroxyhexahydrocannabinols: new selective ligands for the cannabinoid CB2 receptorKarla Sue C Marriott
Howard L Hunter Laboratory, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 0973, USA
Bioorg Med Chem 14:2386-97. 2006..3 nM. In general, the stereochemistry of the 9-hydroxy group is important and the beta-orientation enhances both CB2 receptor affinity and selectivity...
1-Alkyl-2-aryl-4-(1-naphthoyl)pyrroles: new high affinity ligands for the cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 receptorsJohn W Huffman
Howard L Hunter Laboratory, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 0973, USA
Bioorg Med Chem Lett 16:5432-5. 2006..The high affinities of these pyrrole derivatives relative to JWH-030 (1, R=C(5)H(11)) support the hypothesis that these pyrroles interact with the CB(1) receptor primarily by aromatic stacking...
1-Pentyl-3-phenylacetylindoles, a new class of cannabimimetic indolesJohn W Huffman
Howard L Hunter Laboratory, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 0973, USA
Bioorg Med Chem Lett 15:4110-3. 2005..GTPgammaS determinations indicate that both compounds are highly efficacious agonists at the CB1 receptor and partial agonists at the CB2 receptor...
