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- G T Dodd, J A Stark, S McKie, S R Williams, and S M Luckman.
- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK.
- Neuroscience. 2009 Nov 10; 163 (4): 1192-200.
AbstractEndocannabinoids have a variety of effects by acting through cannabinoid 1 (CB1) receptors located throughout the brain. However, since CB1 receptors are located presynaptically, and because the strength of downstream coupling varies with brain region, expression studies alone do not provide a firm basis for interpreting sites of action. Likewise, to date most functional studies have used high doses of drugs, which can bias results toward non-relevant adverse effects, and which mask more behaviourally-relevant actions. Here we use a low, orexigenic dose of the full CB1 agonist, CP55940, to map responsive brain regions using the complementary techniques of pharmacological-challenge functional magnetic resonance imaging (phMRI) and immediate-early gene activity. Areas of interest demonstrate a drug interaction when the CB1 receptor inverse agonist, rimonabant, is co-administered. This analysis highlights the corticostriatal-hypothalamic pathway, which is central to the motivational drive to eat.
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