Unmasking the hidden analgesic potential of endocannabinoids for pain relief

Speaker: Prof. Rashid Giniatullin, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio (Finland)

Pain, especially chronic pain, often remains intractable. The recent opioid crisis has shifted interest to the analgesic effects of cannabis. But plant cannabinoids still have side effects. The new solution appears to come from endocannabinoids (endoCBs). These endogenous analogues of marijuana compounds, play a key role in the brain as key messengers of depolarizationinduced suppression of excitation or inhibition (DSE/DSI). Prof. Giniatullin will present their latest advances in an original multimodal approach to harnessing these hidden analgesic modulators for the benefit of people suffering from pain, including migraine headache.

When:

Thursday 22 May 2025 at 14.00

Where:
Lecture Room 1C H3 Building