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Indiscernible Cannabinoid Science ~ Publius’ March 2014 Roundup, New on the Bryan William Brickner Blog
Ubiquitous Cannabinoids
“Ubiquitous
distribution, excitotoxicity, and feeding behavior,” opened Bryan W.
Brickner: “no, not March Madness ~ it’s cannabinoids.”
Brickner,
part of Publius and The Cannabis Papers: A citizen’s guide to cannabinoids
(2011), utilizes 2014 research from the National Institutes of Health (PubMed)
and notes several cannabinoid system (CS) findings, to include: the ubiquitous distribution of cannabinoid
receptors as therapeutic relief for osteoarthritis; cannabinoid signaling and
numerous concomitant pathological processes, including neuroinflammation,
excitotoxicity, mitochondrial dysfunction, and oxidative stress; and CS
regulation of feeding behavior through a modulatory action on different
neurotransmitter systems, including the dopaminergic system.
Homeostasis
highlights Indiscernible Cannabinoid Science ~ Publius’ March 2014 Roundup.
Seven recent PubMed articles on the cannabinoid, vanilloid, neurological,
dopamine, visual, skeletal, and endocrine systems are the focus of the new
posting on the Bryan William Brickner Blog.
“Regulating
food behavior via cannabinoids,” Brickner commented, “has entered the debate;
that the CS modulates diet via our neurotransmitter systems, such as dopamine,
that’s not debatable.”
“Homeostasis
is stability,” continued Brickner, “it’s the process by which we maintain ourselves in response to
change. How one’s CS is functioning and its maintenance are basic to health.”
“We’ll be a healthier America soon,”
offered Brickner, “once we understand the CS.”
Brickner has a 1997 political
science doctorate from Purdue University and is the author of several political
theory books, to include The Promise Keepers: Politics and Promises (1999) and
The Book of the Is: A book on bridges (2013). The Bryan William Brickner Blog is an ongoing resource for the political science of constitutions and the
biological science of cannabinoids.
The Cannabis Papers is available at online retailers and for
free by download.
