Extinction-induced upregulation in AMPA receptors reduces cocaine-seeking behaviour

…, CA Schad, K Whisler, D Simmons, DA Karanian… - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
Cocaine addiction is thought to involve persistent neurobiological changes that facilitate
relapse to drug use despite efforts to abstain. But the propensity for relapse may be reduced by …

Targeting the endocannabinoid system in treating brain disorders

BA Bahr, DA Karanian, SS Makanji… - Expert Opinion on …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Recent cannabinoid research has a primary focus on developing therapeutics against human
diseases. Many studies on cannabinoids indicate important progress for protection against …

Dual modulation of endocannabinoid transport and fatty acid amide hydrolase protects against excitotoxicity

DA Karanian, QB Brown, A Makriyannis… - Journal of …, 2005 - Soc Neuroscience
The endocannabinoid system has been suggested to elicit signals that defend against
several disease states including excitotoxic brain damage. Besides direct activation with CB 1 …

Endocannabinoid enhancement protects against kainic acid-induced seizures and associated brain damage

DA Karanian, SL Karim, JAT Wood, JS Williams… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2007 - ASPET
Endocannabinoids are released in response to pathogenic insults, and inhibitors of
endocannabinoid inactivation enhance such on-demand responses that promote cellular protection. …

[HTML][HTML] Chemoproteomic profiling reveals that cathepsin D off-target activity drives ocular toxicity of β-secretase inhibitors

…, S Niessen, K Atchison, C Houle, DA Karanian… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
… The precursor mass tolerance was set to 50 ppm for the MS 1 , and the fragment mass
tolerance to 1.5 Da with up to three missed cleavages allowed. Final protein lists were filtered to …

Quantitative method for the profiling of the endocannabinoid metabolome by LC-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-MS

…, JA Wood, L Pandarinathan, DA Karanian… - Analytical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
The endocannabinoid system's biological significance continues to grow as novel endocannabinoid
metabolites are discovered. Accordingly, a myopic view of the system that focuses …

[HTML][HTML] Factors that determine a propensity for cocaine-seeking behavior during abstinence in rats

MA Sutton, DA Karanian, DW Self - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2000 - Elsevier
Individual differences in locomotor responses to novelty and psychostimulants, and sensitization
following repeated drug exposure, predict increased sensitivity to the reinforcing effects …

Cannabinoid drugs and enhancement of endocannabinoid responses: strategies for a wide array of disease states

DA Karanian, BA Bahr - Current molecular medicine, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com
The endogenous cannabinoid system has revealed potential avenues to treat many disease
states. Medicinal indications of cannabinoid drugs including compounds that result in …

Microtubule-stabilizing agent prevents protein accumulation-induced loss of synaptic markers

D Butler, J Bendiske, ML Michaelis, DA Karanian… - European journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Synaptic pathology is associated with protein accumulation events, and is thought by many
to be the best correlate of cognitive impairment in normal aging and different types of …

[HTML][HTML] Equipotent inhibition of fatty acid amide hydrolase and monoacylglycerol lipase–dual targets of the endocannabinoid system to protect against seizure …

V Naidoo, DA Karanian, SK Vadivel, JR Locklear… - …, 2012 - Elsevier
Advances in the understanding of the endogenous cannabinoid system have led to several
therapeutic indications for new classes of compounds that enhance cannabinergic responses…