Vol. 25 (1-2) 2004 Neuro endocrinology letters

The endocannabinoid-CB receptor system: Importance for development and in pediatric disease.

: Endogenous cannabinoids (endocannabinoids) and their cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 receptors, are present from the early stages of gestation and play a number of vital roles for the developing organism. Although most of these data are collected from animal studies, a role for cannabinoid receptors in the developing human brain has been sugg.....