Endocannabinoids and Reproduction

Endocannabinoids and Reproduction

1 Dipartimento di Scienze Motorie e del Benessere, Università di Napoli Parthenope, 80133 Naples, Italy 2 Faculty of Bioscience and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, 64100 Teramo, Italy 3 European Center for Brain Research (CERC)/Santa Lucia Foundation, 00143 Rome, Italy 4Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, The Kinsey Institute for Research in S...

Endocannabinoids as biomarkers of human reproduction.

BACKGROUND Infertility is a condition of the reproductive system that affects ∼10-15% of couples attempting to conceive a baby. More than half of all cases of infertility are a result of female conditions, while the remaining cases can be attributed to male factors, or to a combination of both. The search for suitable biomarkers of pregnancy outcome is a challenging issue in human reproduction,...

Endocannabinoids are Involved in Male Vertebrate Reproduction: Regulatory Mechanisms at Central and Gonadal Level

Endocannabinoids (eCBs) are natural lipids regulating a large array of physiological functions and behaviors in vertebrates. The eCB system is highly conserved in evolution and comprises several specific receptors (type-1 and type-2 cannabinoid receptors), their endogenous ligands (e.g., anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol), and a number of biosynthetic and degradative enzymes. In the last fe...

Endocannabinoids and exercise.

Exercise induces changes in mental status, particularly analgesia, sedation, anxiolysis, and a sense of wellbeing. The mechanisms underlying these changes remain unknown. Recent findings show that exercise increases serum concentrations of endocannabinoids, suggesting a possible explanation for a number of these changes. This article provides an overview of this emerging field.

Obesity and Endocannabinoids