Skip to content

Aneetha Halikhedkar

1 paper in the library · publishing 2014

Papers

Sort Most recent Most cited

Differentiation between low- and high-efficacy CB1 receptor agonists using a drug discrimination protocol for rats.

Psychopharmacology February 2014 Torbjörn U C Järbe, Brian J LeMay, Aneetha Halikhedkar et al.

The "subjective high" from marijuana ingestion is likely due to Δ(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) activating the central cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CB1R) of the endocannabinoid signaling system. THC is a weak partial agonist according to in vitro assays, yet THC mimics the behavioral effects induced by more efficacious cannabinergics. This distinction may be important for understanding...