Estrogen differentially modulates the cannabinoid- induced presynaptic inhibition of amino acid neurotransmission in proopiomelanocortin neurons of the arcuate nucleus.

The present study sought to determine whether cannabinoids inhibit glutamatergic and GABAergic synaptic input onto neurons of the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARC), and whether estrogen modulates this process. Whole-cell patch clamp recordings were performed in hypothalamic slices prepared from ovariectomized female guinea pigs. CB1 receptor activation reduced the amplitude of excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) evoked by electrical stimulation that were sensitive to ionotropic glutamate receptor antagonists.

Construction of [4.3.1]propellanes via molybdenum fischer carbene complexes.

Treatment of molybdenum Fischer carbene complexes with 6-methylene-7-octen-1-yne derivatives at 40 degrees C generates substituted tricyclo[4.3.1.