Keizo Waku

2-Arachidonoylgylcerol: A Possible Endogenous Cannabinoid Receptor Ligand in Brain

Takayuki Sugiura, Shigeru Kondo, Akihiro Sukagawa et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 1995 · 2.2K citations

Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +9

Evidence That 2-Arachidonoylglycerol but Not N-Palmitoylethanolamine or Anandamide Is the Physiological Ligand for the Cannabinoid CB2 Receptor

Takayuki Sugiura, Sachiko Kondo, Seishi Kishimoto et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2000 · 371 citations · Full text

Medicine, Biochemistry, Pharmacology +14

Evidence That the Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor Is a 2-Arachidonoylglycerol Receptor

Takayuki Sugiura, Tomoko Kodaka, Shinji Nakane et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1999 · 313 citations · Full text

Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +14

Synaptically Driven Endocannabinoid Release Requires Ca²+-Assisted Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Subtype 1 to Phospholipase C β4 Signaling Cascade in the Cerebellum

Takashi Maejima, Saori Oka, Yuki Hashimotodani et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2005 · 230 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17

Transacylase‐Mediated and Phosphodiesterase‐Mediated Synthesis of<i>N</i>‐Arachidonoylethanolamine, an Endogenous Cannabinoid‐Receptor Ligand, in Rat Brain Microsomes

Takayuki Sugiura, Sachiko Kondo, Akihiro Sukagawa et al. · European Journal of Biochemistry · 1996 · 212 citations · Full text

Medicine, Biochemistry, Pharmacology +8