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Overview

Aron H. Lichtman is affiliated with Virginia Commonwealth University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a significant focus on Pharmacology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience as subfields. They have also contributed to areas such as Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The scientist's work often centers on key topics including Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Biochemical effects in animals, HIV Research and Treatment, Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis, and Pain Mechanisms and Treatments.

Frequent publication venues for Aron H. Lichtman include The FASEB Journal, Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, UNC Libraries, and Drug Delivery and Translational Research.

Frequent co-authors associated with their research are:

  • Justin L. Poklis
  • Bogna M. Ignatowska-Jankowska
  • Barkha J. Yadav-Samudrala
  • Mohammed Ahmed Mustafa
  • Benjamin F. Cravatt

Selected recent papers by Aron H. Lichtman include:

  • Discovery of a NAPE-PLD inhibitor that modulates emotional behavior in mice (2020, Nature Chemical Biology)
  • Structural basis of selective cannabinoid CB2 receptor activation (2023, Nature Communications)
  • Protective Effects of N-Oleoylglycine in a Mouse Model of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (2020, ACS Chemical Neuroscience)
  • GPR18 drives FAAH inhibition-induced neuroprotection against HIV-1 Tat-induced neurodegeneration (2021, Experimental Neurology)
  • Escalating morphine dosing in HIV-1 Tat transgenic mice with sustained Tat exposure reveals an allostatic shift in neuroinflammatory regulation accompanied by increased neuroprotective non-endocannabinoid lipid signaling molecules and amino acids (2020, Journal of Neuroinflammation)

Best Publications

  • Supersensitivity to anandamide and enhanced endogenous cannabinoid signaling in mice lacking fatty acid amide hydrolase

    Benjamin F. Cravatt;Kristin Demarest;Matthew P. Patricelli;Michael H. Bracey

  • Selective blockade of 2-arachidonoylglycerol hydrolysis produces cannabinoid behavioral effects

    Jonathan Z Long;Weiwei Li;Lamont Booker;James J Burston

  • Endocannabinoid Hydrolysis Generates Brain Prostaglandins That Promote Neuroinflammation

    Daniel K. Nomura;Daniel K. Nomura;Bradley E. Morrison;Jacqueline L. Blankman;Jonathan Z. Long

  • Chronic monoacylglycerol lipase blockade causes functional antagonism of the endocannabinoid system

    Joel E Schlosburg;Jacqueline L Blankman;Jonathan Z Long;Daniel K Nomura

  • Dual blockade of FAAH and MAGL identifies behavioral processes regulated by endocannabinoid crosstalk in vivo

    Jonathan Z. Long;Daniel K. Nomura;Robert E. Vann;D. Matthew Walentiny

  • Systemic or intrahippocampal cannabinoid administration impairs spatial memory in rats.

    A. H. Lichtman;K. R. Dimen;B. R. Martin

  • Mice lacking fatty acid amide hydrolase exhibit a cannabinoid receptor-mediated phenotypic hypoalgesia.

    Aron H Lichtman;Christopher C Shelton;Tushar Advani;Benjamin F Cravatt

  • Fatty acid amide hydrolase: an emerging therapeutic target in the endocannabinoid system

    Benjamin F Cravatt;Aron H Lichtman

  • Reversible Inhibitors of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase That Promote Analgesia: Evidence for an Unprecedented Combination of Potency and Selectivity

    Aron H. Lichtman;Donmienne Leung;Christopher C. Shelton;Alan Saghatelian

  • Blockade of Endocannabinoid-Degrading Enzymes Attenuates Neuropathic Pain

    Steven G. Kinsey;Jonathan Z. Long;Scott T. O'Neal;Rehab A. Abdullah

  • Investigation of brain sites mediating cannabinoid-induced antinociception in rats: evidence supporting periaqueductal gray involvement.

    A H Lichtman;S A Cook;B R Martin

  • Evaluation of CB1 Receptor Knockout Mice in the Morris Water Maze

    S A Varvel;Aron H Lichtman

  • Pharmacological Activity of Fatty Acid Amides Is Regulated, but Not Mediated, by Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase in Vivo

    Aron H. Lichtman;E. Gregory Hawkins;Graeme Griffin;Benjamin F. Cravatt

  • Cannabinoid CB2 receptor ligand profiling reveals biased signalling and off-target activity

    Marjolein Soethoudt;Uwe Grether;Juergen Fingerle;Travis W. Grim

  • Delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol impairs spatial memory through a cannabinoid receptor mechanism.

    A H Lichtman;B R Martin

  • Spinal and supraspinal components of cannabinoid-induced antinociception.

    A H Lichtman;B R Martin

  • The endogenous cannabinoid system and its role in nociceptive behavior.

    Benjamin F. Cravatt;Aron H. Lichtman

  • Functional disassociation of the central and peripheral fatty acid amide signaling systems

    Benjamin F. Cravatt;Alan Saghatelian;Edward G. Hawkins;Angela B. Clement

  • Increased Seizure Susceptibility and Proconvulsant Activity of Anandamide in Mice Lacking Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase

    Angela B. Clement;E. Gregory Hawkins;Aron H. Lichtman;Benjamin F. Cravatt

  • Inhibition of Fatty-Acid Amide Hydrolase Accelerates Acquisition and Extinction Rates in a Spatial Memory Task

    Stephen A Varvel;Laura E Wise;Floride Niyuhire;Benjamin F Cravatt

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin F. Cravatt
Benjamin F. Cravatt Scripps Research Institute
Billy R. Martin
Billy R. Martin Virginia Commonwealth University
Vincenzo Di Marzo
Vincenzo Di Marzo National Research Council (CNR)
Jenny L. Wiley
Jenny L. Wiley RTI International
Linda A. Parker
Linda A. Parker University of Guelph
Jenny L. Wiley
Jenny L. Wiley Research Triangle Park Foundation
Daniel K. Nomura
Daniel K. Nomura University of California, Berkeley
Dale L. Boger
Dale L. Boger Scripps Research Institute
Raphael Mechoulam
Raphael Mechoulam Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ken Mackie
Ken Mackie Indiana University

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