Giovanni Marsicano

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Giovanni Bénard; Federico Massa; Nagore Puente; Joana Lourenço; Luigi Bellocchio; Edgar Soria-Gómez; Isabel Matias; Anna Delamarre; Mathilde Metna-Laurent; Astrid Cannich; et al.
Mitochondrial CB₁ receptors regulate neuronal energy metabolism.
Jing Han; Philip Kesner; Mathilde Metna-Laurent; Tingting Duan; Lin Xu; Francois Georges; Muriel Koehl; Djoher Nora Abrous; Juan Mendizabal-Zubiaga; Pedro Grandes; et al.
Acute cannabinoids impair working memory through astroglial CB1 receptor modulation of hippocampal LTD.
S Dubreucq; S Kambire; M Conforzi; M Metna-Laurent; A Cannich; E Soria-Gomez; E Richard; G Marsicano; F Chaouloff
Cannabinoid type 1 receptors located on single-minded 1-expressing neurons control emotional behaviors.

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2012: Giovanni Bénard; Federico Massa; Nagore Puente; Joana Lourenço; Luigi Bellocchio; Edgar Soria-Gómez; Isabel Matias; Anna Delamarre; Mathilde Metna-Laurent; Astrid Cannich; et al.
Mitochondrial CB₁ receptors regulate neuronal energy metabolism.
Nature neuroscience 2012;15(4):558-64.
2012: Jing Han; Philip Kesner; Mathilde Metna-Laurent; Tingting Duan; Lin Xu; Francois Georges; Muriel Koehl; Djoher Nora Abrous; Juan Mendizabal-Zubiaga; Pedro Grandes; et al.
Acute cannabinoids impair working memory through astroglial CB1 receptor modulation of hippocampal LTD.
Cell 2012;148(5):1039-50.
2012: S Dubreucq; S Kambire; M Conforzi; M Metna-Laurent; A Cannich; E Soria-Gomez; E Richard; G Marsicano; F Chaouloff
Cannabinoid type 1 receptors located on single-minded 1-expressing neurons control emotional behaviors.
Neuroscience 2012;204():230-44.
2009: W Jacob; A Yassouridis; G Marsicano; K Monory; B Lutz; C T Wotjak
Endocannabinoids render exploratory behaviour largely independent of the test aversiveness: role of glutamatergic transmission.
Genes, brain, and behavior 2009;8(7):685-98.
2009: Alejandro J Pernía-Andrade; Ako Kato; Robert Witschi; Rita Nyilas; István Katona; Tamás F Freund; Masahiko Watanabe; Jörg Filitz; Wolfgang Koppert; Jürgen Schüttler; et al.
Spinal endocannabinoids and CB1 receptors mediate C-fiber-induced heterosynaptic pain sensitization.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 2009;325(5941):760-4.
2009: David A Price; Alex A Martinez; Alexandre Seillier; Wouter Koek; Yolanda Acosta; Elizabeth Fernandez; Randy Strong; Beat Lutz; Giovanni Marsicano; James L Roberts; et al.
WIN55,212-2, a cannabinoid receptor agonist, protects against nigrostriatal cell loss in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine mouse model of Parkinson's disease.
The European journal of neuroscience 2009;29(11):2177-86.
2009: K Kamprath; W Plendl; G Marsicano; J M Deussing; W Wurst; B Lutz; C T Wotjak
Endocannabinoids mediate acute fear adaptation via glutamatergic neurons independently of corticotropin-releasing hormone signaling.
Genes, brain, and behavior 2009;8(2):203-11.
2008: Douglas Osei-Hyiaman; Jie Liu; Liang Zhou; Grzegorz Godlewski; Judith Harvey-White; Won-il Jeong; Sándor Bátkai; Giovanni Marsicano; Beat Lutz; Christoph Buettner; et al.
Hepatic CB1 receptor is required for development of diet-induced steatosis, dyslipidemia, and insulin and leptin resistance in mice.
The Journal of clinical investigation 2008;118(9):3160-9.
2008: Michel A Steiner; Giovanni Marsicano; Carsten T Wotjak; Beat Lutz
Conditional cannabinoid receptor type 1 mutants reveal neuron subpopulation-specific effects on behavioral and neuroendocrine stress responses.
Psychoneuroendocrinology 2008;33(8):1165-70.
2008: Laura Tedesco; Alessandra Valerio; Cristina Cervino; Annalisa Cardile; Claudio Pagano; Roberto Vettor; Renato Pasquali; Michele O Carruba; Giovanni Marsicano; Beat Lutz; et al.
Cannabinoid type 1 receptor blockade promotes mitochondrial biogenesis through endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression in white adipocytes.
Diabetes 2008;57(8):2028-36.
2008: Henrik H Hansen; Birte Krutz; Marco Sifringer; Vanya Stefovska; Petra Bittigau; Fritz Pragst; Giovanni Marsicano; Beat Lutz; Chrysanthy Ikonomidou
Cannabinoids enhance susceptibility of immature brain to ethanol neurotoxicity.
Annals of neurology 2008;64(1):42-52.
2008: Jan Mulder; Tania Aguado; Erik Keimpema; Klaudia Barabás; Carlos J Ballester Rosado; Laurent Nguyen; Krisztina Monory; Giovanni Marsicano; Vincenzo Di Marzo; Yasmin L Hurd; et al.
Endocannabinoid signaling controls pyramidal cell specification and long-range axon patterning.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2008;105(25):8760-5.
2008: M A Steiner; K Wanisch; K Monory; G Marsicano; E Borroni; H Bächli; F Holsboer; B Lutz; C T Wotjak
Impaired cannabinoid receptor type 1 signaling interferes with stress-coping behavior in mice.
The pharmacogenomics journal 2008;8(3):196-208.
2008: Shahnaz Christina Azad; Jörg Kurz; Giovanni Marsicano; Beat Lutz; Walter Zieglgänsberger; Gerhard Rammes
Activation of CB1 specifically located on GABAergic interneurons inhibits LTD in the lateral amygdala.
Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) 2008;15(3):143-52.
2008: Won-il Jeong; Douglas Osei-Hyiaman; Ogyi Park; Jie Liu; Sándor Bátkai; Partha Mukhopadhyay; Norio Horiguchi; Judith Harvey-White; Giovanni Marsicano; Beat Lutz; et al.
Paracrine activation of hepatic CB1 receptors by stellate cell-derived endocannabinoids mediates alcoholic fatty liver.
Cell metabolism 2008;7(3):227-35.
2008: Michel A Steiner; Giovanni Marsicano; Eric J Nestler; Florian Holsboer; Beat Lutz; Carsten T Wotjak
Antidepressant-like behavioral effects of impaired cannabinoid receptor type 1 signaling coincide with exaggerated corticosterone secretion in mice.
Psychoneuroendocrinology 2008;33(1):54-67.
2008: Angelo A Izzo; Gabriella Aviello; Stefania Petrosino; Pierangelo Orlando; Giovanni Marsicano; Beat Lutz; Francesca Borrelli; Raffaele Capasso; Santosh Nigam; Francesco Capasso; et al.
Increased endocannabinoid levels reduce the development of precancerous lesions in the mouse colon.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) 2008;86(1):89-98.
2007: Pauline Lafenêtre; Francis Chaouloff; Giovanni Marsicano
The endocannabinoid system in the processing of anxiety and fear and how CB1 receptors may modulate fear extinction.
Pharmacological research : the official journal of the Italian Pharmacological Society 2007;56(5):367-81.
2007: Krisztina Monory; Heike Blaudzun; Federico Massa; Nadine Kaiser; Thomas Lemberger; Günther Schütz; Carsten T Wotjak; Beat Lutz; Giovanni Marsicano
Genetic dissection of behavioural and autonomic effects of Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol in mice.
PLoS biology 2007;5(10):e269.
2007: B Yuece; A Sibaev; U C Broedl; G Marsicano; B Göke; B Lutz; H D Allescher; M Storr
Cannabinoid type 1 receptor modulates intestinal propulsion by an attenuation of intestinal motor responses within the myenteric part of the peristaltic reflex.
Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society 2007;19(9):744-53.
2007: Tania Aguado; Eva Romero; Krisztina Monory; Javier Palazuelos; Michael Sendtner; Giovanni Marsicano; Beat Lutz; Manuel Guzmán; Ismael Galve-Roperh
The CB1 cannabinoid receptor mediates excitotoxicity-induced neural progenitor proliferation and neurogenesis.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2007;282(33):23892-8.
2007: Nitin Agarwal; Pal Pacher; Irmgard Tegeder; Fumimasa Amaya; Cristina E Constantin; Gary J Brenner; Tiziana Rubino; Christoph W Michalski; Giovanni Marsicano; Krisztina Monory; et al.
Cannabinoids mediate analgesia largely via peripheral type 1 cannabinoid receptors in nociceptors.
Nature neuroscience 2007;10(7):870-9.
2007: Anne-Gaëlle Corbillé; Emmanuel Valjent; Giovanni Marsicano; Catherine Ledent; Beat Lutz; Denis Hervé; Jean-Antoine Girault
Role of cannabinoid type 1 receptors in locomotor activity and striatal signaling in response to psychostimulants.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2007;27(26):6937-47.
2007: Paul Berghuis; Ann M Rajnicek; Yury M Morozov; Ruth A Ross; Jan Mulder; Gabriella M Urbán; Krisztina Monory; Giovanni Marsicano; Michela Matteoli; Alison Canty; et al.
Hardwiring the brain: endocannabinoids shape neuronal connectivity.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 2007;316(5828):1212-6.
2007: M Häring; G Marsicano; B Lutz; K Monory
Identification of the cannabinoid receptor type 1 in serotonergic cells of raphe nuclei in mice.
Neuroscience 2007;146(3):1212-9.
2007: Katarzyna Maresz; Gareth Pryce; Eugene D Ponomarev; Giovanni Marsicano; J Ludovic Croxford; Leah P Shriver; Catherine Ledent; Xiaodong Cheng; Erica J Carrier; Monica K Mann; et al.
Direct suppression of CNS autoimmune inflammation via the cannabinoid receptor CB1 on neurons and CB2 on autoreactive T cells.
Nature medicine 2007;13(4):492-7.
2007: Daniela Cota; Michel-Alexander Steiner; Giovanni Marsicano; Cristina Cervino; James P Herman; Yvonne Grübler; Johanna Stalla; Renato Pasquali; Beat Lutz; Günter K Stalla; et al.
Requirement of cannabinoid receptor type 1 for the basal modulation of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function.
Endocrinology 2007;148(4):1574-81.
2006: Miriam Melis; Giuliano Pillolla; Tiziana Bisogno; Alberto Minassi; Stefania Petrosino; Simona Perra; Anna Lisa Muntoni; Beat Lutz; Gian Luigi Gessa; Giovanni Marsicano; et al.
Protective activation of the endocannabinoid system during ischemia in dopamine neurons.
Neurobiology of disease 2006;24(1):15-27.
2006: Krisztina Monory; Federico Massa; Michaela Egertová; Matthias Eder; Heike Blaudzun; Ruth Westenbroek; Wolfgang Kelsch; Wolfgang Jacob; Rudolf Marsch; Marc Ekker; et al.
The endocannabinoid system controls key epileptogenic circuits in the hippocampus.
Neuron 2006;51(4):455-66.
2006: Kornelia Kamprath; Giovanni Marsicano; Jianrong Tang; Krisztina Monory; Tiziana Bisogno; Vincenzo Di Marzo; Beat Lutz; Carsten T Wotjak
Cannabinoid CB1 receptor mediates fear extinction via habituation-like processes.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2006;26(25):6677-86.
2006: A Sibaev; F Massa; B Yüce; G Marsicano; H A Lehr; B Lutz; B Göke; H D Allescher; M Storr
CB1 and TRPV1 receptors mediate protective effects on colonic electrophysiological properties in mice.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) 2006;84(6):513-20.
2006: Maria R Domenici; Shahnaz C Azad; Giovanni Marsicano; Anja Schierloh; Carsten T Wotjak; Hans-Ulrich Dodt; Walter Zieglgänsberger; Beat Lutz; Gerhard Rammes
Cannabinoid receptor type 1 located on presynaptic terminals of principal neurons in the forebrain controls glutamatergic synaptic transmission.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2006;26(21):5794-9.
2006: U Pagotto; C Cervino; V Vicennati; G Marsicano; B Lutz; R Pasquali
How many sites of action for endocannabinoids to control energy metabolism?
International journal of obesity (2005) 2006;30 Suppl 1():S39-43.
2006: Tania Aguado; Javier Palazuelos; Krisztina Monory; Nephi Stella; Benjamin Cravatt; Beat Lutz; Giovanni Marsicano; Zaal Kokaia; Manuel Guzmán; Ismael Galve-Roperh
The endocannabinoid system promotes astroglial differentiation by acting on neural progenitor cells.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2006;26(5):1551-61.
2006: F Massa; A Sibaev; G Marsicano; H Blaudzun; M Storr; B Lutz
Vanilloid receptor (TRPV1)-deficient mice show increased susceptibility to dinitrobenzene sulfonic acid induced colitis.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) 2006;84(2):142-6.
2006: Uberto Pagotto; Giovanni Marsicano; Daniela Cota; Beat Lutz; Renato Pasquali
The emerging role of the endocannabinoid system in endocrine regulation and energy balance.
Endocrine reviews 2006;27(1):73-100.
2006: G Marsicano; B Lutz
Neuromodulatory functions of the endocannabinoid system.
Journal of endocrinological investigation 2006;29(3 Suppl):27-46.
2005: Tania Aguado; Krisztina Monory; Javier Palazuelos; Nephi Stella; Benjamin Cravatt; Beat Lutz; Giovanni Marsicano; Zaal Kokaia; Manuel Guzmán; Ismael Galve-Roperh
The endocannabinoid system drives neural progenitor proliferation.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2005;19(12):1704-6.
2005: Raffaele Capasso; Isabel Matias; Beat Lutz; Francesca Borrelli; Francesco Capasso; Giovanni Marsicano; Nicola Mascolo; Stefania Petrosino; Krisztina Monory; Marta Valenti; et al.
Fatty acid amide hydrolase controls mouse intestinal motility in vivo.
Gastroenterology 2005;129(3):941-51.
2005: Sabine M Hölter; Magdalena Kallnik; Wolfgang Wurst; Giovanni Marsicano; Beat Lutz; Carsten T Wotjak
Cannabinoid CB1 receptor is dispensable for memory extinction in an appetitively-motivated learning task.
European journal of pharmacology 2005;510(1-2):69-74.
2004: Miriam Melis; Simona Perra; Anna Lisa Muntoni; Giuliano Pillolla; Beat Lutz; Giovanni Marsicano; Vincenzo Di Marzo; Gian Luigi Gessa; Marco Pistis
Prefrontal cortex stimulation induces 2-arachidonoyl-glycerol-mediated suppression of excitation in dopamine neurons.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2004;24(47):10707-15.
2004: Shahnaz C Azad; Krisztina Monory; Giovanni Marsicano; Benjamin F Cravatt; Beat Lutz; Walter Zieglgänsberger; Gerhard Rammes
Circuitry for associative plasticity in the amygdala involves endocannabinoid signaling.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2004;24(44):9953-61.
2004: Carles Sanchis-Segura; Brandon H Cline; Giovanni Marsicano; Beat Lutz; Rainer Spanagel
Reduced sensitivity to reward in CB1 knockout mice.
Psychopharmacology 2004;176(2):223-32.
2004: Astrid Cannich; Carsten T Wotjak; Kornelia Kamprath; Heike Hermann; Beat Lutz; Giovanni Marsicano
CB1 cannabinoid receptors modulate kinase and phosphatase activity during extinction of conditioned fear in mice.
Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) 2004;11(5):625-32.
2004: Federico Massa; Giovanni Marsicano; Heike Hermann; Astrid Cannich; Krisztina Monory; Benjamin F Cravatt; Gian-Luca Ferri; Andrei Sibaev; Martin Storr; Beat Lutz
The endogenous cannabinoid system protects against colonic inflammation.
The Journal of clinical investigation 2004;113(8):1202-9.
2004: Leonid G Khaspekov; Maria S Brenz Verca; Lidia E Frumkina; Heike Hermann; Giovanni Marsicano; Beat Lutz
Involvement of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in cannabinoid receptor-dependent protection against excitotoxicity.
The European journal of neuroscience 2004;19(7):1691-8.
2004: M Storr; A Sibaev; G Marsicano; B Lutz; V Schusdziarra; J-P Timmermans; H D Allescher
Cannabinoid receptor type 1 modulates excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission in mouse colon.
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology 2004;286(1):G110-7.
2003: Giovanni Marsicano; Sharon Goodenough; Krisztina Monory; Heike Hermann; Matthias Eder; Astrid Cannich; Shahnaz C Azad; Maria Grazia Cascio; Silvia Ortega Gutiérrez; Mario van der Stelt; et al.
CB1 cannabinoid receptors and on-demand defense against excitotoxicity.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 2003;302(5642):84-8.
2003: Angelo A Izzo; Francesco Capasso; Anna Costagliola; Tiziana Bisogno; Giovanni Marsicano; Alessia Ligresti; Isabel Matias; Raffaele Capasso; Luisa Pinto; Francesca Borrelli; et al.
An endogenous cannabinoid tone attenuates cholera toxin-induced fluid accumulation in mice.
Gastroenterology 2003;125(3):765-74.
2003: Daniela Cota; Giovanni Marsicano; Matthias Tschöp; Yvonne Grübler; Cornelia Flachskamm; Mirjam Schubert; Dorothee Auer; Alexander Yassouridis; Christa Thöne-Reineke; Sylvia Ortmann; et al.
The endogenous cannabinoid system affects energy balance via central orexigenic drive and peripheral lipogenesis.
The Journal of clinical investigation 2003;112(3):423-31.
2003: Shahnaz Christina Azad; Matthias Eder; Giovanni Marsicano; Beat Lutz; Walter Zieglgänsberger; Gerhard Rammes
Activation of the cannabinoid receptor type 1 decreases glutamatergic and GABAergic synaptic transmission in the lateral amygdala of the mouse.
Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) 2003;10(2):116-28.
2003: D Cota; G Marsicano; B Lutz; V Vicennati; G K Stalla; R Pasquali; U Pagotto
Endogenous cannabinoid system as a modulator of food intake.
International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity 2003;27(3):289-301.
2002: Giovanni Marsicano; Carsten T Wotjak; Shahnaz C Azad; Tiziana Bisogno; Gerhard Rammes; Maria Grazia Cascio; Heike Hermann; Jianrong Tang; Clementine Hofmann; Walter Zieglgänsberger; et al.
The endogenous cannabinoid system controls extinction of aversive memories.
Nature 2002;418(6897):530-4.
2002: Giovanni Marsicano; Bemd Moosmann; Heike Hermann; Beat Lutz; Christian Behl
Neuroprotective properties of cannabinoids against oxidative stress: role of the cannabinoid receptor CB1.
Journal of neurochemistry 2002;80(3):448-56.
2002: H Hermann; G Marsicano; B Lutz
Coexpression of the cannabinoid receptor type 1 with dopamine and serotonin receptors in distinct neuronal subpopulations of the adult mouse forebrain.
Neuroscience 2002;109(3):451-60.
2001: U Pagotto; G Marsicano; F Fezza; M Theodoropoulou; Y Grübler; J Stalla; T Arzberger; A Milone; M Losa; V Di Marzo; et al.
Normal human pituitary gland and pituitary adenomas express cannabinoid receptor type 1 and synthesize endogenous cannabinoids: first evidence for a direct role of cannabinoids on hormone modulation at the human pituitary level.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2001;86(6):2687-96.
2001: S C Azad; G Marsicano; I Eberlein; J Putzke; W Zieglgänsberger; R Spanagel; B Lutz
Differential role of the nitric oxide pathway on delta(9)-THC-induced central nervous system effects in the mouse.
The European journal of neuroscience 2001;13(3):561-8.
1999: G Marsicano; B Lutz
Expression of the cannabinoid receptor CB1 in distinct neuronal subpopulations in the adult mouse forebrain.
The European journal of neuroscience 1999;11(12):4213-25.