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The endogenous fatty acid amide, palmitoylethanolamide, has anti-allodynic and anti-hyperalgesic effects in a murine model of neuropathic pain: involvement of CB1, TRPV1 and PPARγ receptors and…
- B. Costa, F. Comelli, I. Bettoni, M. Colleoni, G. Giagnoni
- Medicine
- PAIN
- 31 October 2008
Abstract Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) is an endogenous lipid that is thought to be involved in endogenous protective mechanisms activated as a result of stimulation of inflammatory response. In spite… Expand
Antiinflammatory action of endocannabinoid palmitoylethanolamide and the synthetic cannabinoid nabilone in a model of acute inflammation in the rat
- S. Conti, B. Costa, M. Colleoni, D. Parolaro, G. Giagnoni
- Chemistry, Medicine
- British journal of pharmacology
- 1 January 2002
The antiinflammatory activity of synthetic cannabinoid nabilone in the rat model of carrageenan‐induced acute hindpaw inflammation was compared with that of the endocannabinoid palmitoylethanolamide… Expand
The purinergic antagonist PPADS reduces pain related behaviours and interleukin-1β, interleukin-6, iNOS and nNOS overproduction in central and peripheral nervous system after peripheral neuropathy in…
- C. Martucci, A. E. Trovato, B. Costa, E. Borsani, M. Colleoni
- Medicine
- PAIN®
- 1 June 2008
&NA; Neuropathic pain consequent to peripheral injury is associated with local inflammation and overexpression of nitric oxide synthases (NOS) and inflammatory cytokines in locally recruited… Expand
Vanilloid TRPV1 receptor mediates the antihyperalgesic effect of the nonpsychoactive cannabinoid, cannabidiol, in a rat model of acute inflammation
- B. Costa, G. Giagnoni, C. Franke, A. E. Trovato, M. Colleoni
- Chemistry, Medicine
- British journal of pharmacology
- 1 September 2004
Cannabidiol (CBD), a nonpsychoactive marijuana constituent, was recently shown as an oral antihyperalgesic compound in a rat model of acute inflammation. We examined whether the CBD antihyperalgesic… Expand
The non-psychoactive cannabis constituent cannabidiol is an orally effective therapeutic agent in rat chronic inflammatory and neuropathic pain.
- B. Costa, A. E. Trovato, F. Comelli, G. Giagnoni, M. Colleoni
- Medicine
- European journal of pharmacology
- 5 February 2007
Cannabidiol, the major psycho-inactive component of cannabis, has substantial anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects. This study investigated its therapeutic potential on neuropathic (sciatic… Expand
Therapeutic effect of the endogenous fatty acid amide, palmitoylethanolamide, in rat acute inflammation: inhibition of nitric oxide and cyclo‐oxygenase systems
- B. Costa, S. Conti, G. Giagnoni, M. Colleoni
- Chemistry, Medicine
- British journal of pharmacology
- 1 October 2002
The anti‐inflammatory activity of the endogenous fatty acid amide palmitoylethanolamide and its relationship to cyclo‐oxygenase (COX) activity, nitric oxide (NO) and oxygen free radical production… Expand
AM404, an inhibitor of anandamide uptake, prevents pain behaviour and modulates cytokine and apoptotic pathways in a rat model of neuropathic pain
- B. Costa, D. Siniscalco, +6 authors G. Giagnoni
- Chemistry, Medicine
- British journal of pharmacology
- 1 August 2006
1 An attractive alternative to the use of direct agonists at the cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CB1) in the control of neuropathic pain may be to potentiate the actions of endogenous cannabinoids.… Expand
Repeated treatment with the synthetic cannabinoid WIN 55,212‐2 reduces both hyperalgesia and production of pronociceptive mediators in a rat model of neuropathic pain
- B. Costa, M. Colleoni, +4 authors G. Giagnoni
- Medicine
- British journal of pharmacology
- 1 January 2004
The antinociceptive properties of cannabinoids in persistent pain are not fully elucidated. We investigated the effect of repeated treatment with the synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonist WIN… Expand
Oral anti-inflammatory activity of cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive constituent of cannabis, in acute carrageenan-induced inflammation in the rat paw
- B. Costa, M. Colleoni, +4 authors G. Giagnoni
- Chemistry, Medicine
- Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology
- 12 February 2004
Cannabidiol, the major non-psychoactive component of marijuana, has various pharmacological actions of clinical interest. It is reportedly effective as an anti-inflammatory and anti-arthritic in… Expand
Effect of the cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonist, SR141716, on nociceptive response and nerve demyelination in rodents with chronic constriction injury of the sciatic nerve
- B. Costa, A. E. Trovato, M. Colleoni, G. Giagnoni, T. Croci
- Medicine
- Pain
- 1 July 2005
&NA; Many reports have shown the efficacy of cannabinoid agonists in chronic pain, whereas no report exists concerning the potential effect of cannabinoid antagonists following prolonged treatment.… Expand