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Endocannabinoid genetic variation enhances vulnerability to THC reward in adolescent female mice.
Science advances - 1 Feb 2020
Burgdorf Caitlin E, Jing Deqiang, Yang Ruirong, Huang Chienchun, Hill Matthew N, Mackie Ken, Milner Teresa A, Pickel Virginia M, Lee Francis S, Rajadhyaksha Anjali M
Abstract excerpt
Adolescence represents a developmental period with the highest risk for initiating cannabis use. Little is known about whether genetic variation in the endocannabinoid system alters mesolimbic reward circuitry to produce vulnerability to the rewarding properties of the exogenous cannabinoid Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Using a genetic knock-in mouse model (FAAHC/A) that biologically recapitulates the human...
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