Cell signaling dependence of rapid glucocorticoid-induced endocannabinoid synthesis in hypothalamic neuroendocrine cells

Glucocorticoids induce a rapid synthesis of endocannabinoid in hypothalamic neuroendocrine cells by activation of a putative membrane receptor. Somato-dendritically released endocannabinoid acts as a retrograde messenger to suppress excitatory synaptic inputs to corticotropin-releasing hormone-, oxy...

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Main Authors: Christina Harris, Grant L. Weiss, Shi Di, Jeffrey G. Tasker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-02-01
Series:Neurobiology of Stress
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352289518301012