Anandamide Flashcards
What is Anandamide?
A neurotransmitter
Anandamide is an endogenous analogue of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC.
Anandamide is an endogenous analogue of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC.
Where is Anandamide produced?
The brain
What does Anandamide bind to?
Binds tothe CB receptors (neurogenesis and neural pruning).
How does Anandamide bind to receptors?
Via neurogenesis and neural pruning
What is neurogenesis?
What is neural pruning?
What receptors do Anandamide influence?
Both the CB1 and CB2 receptors
Where are CB1 receptors more affected?
In the central nervous system
Where are CB2 receptors more affected?
More affected in the periphery.
Anandamide was found to do a lot more than produce a state of heightened happiness / anxiolysis (NIH, 2016).
Anandamide was found to do a lot more than produce a state of heightened happiness / anxiolysis (NIH, 2016).
In what areas of the brain is Anandamide synthesised?
In areas of the brain that are important in memory, motivation, higher thought processes, and movementcontrol.
