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Cecilia J. Hillard is primarily affiliated with the Medical College of Wisconsin in the United States. Their research spans several disciplines, predominantly within medicine and neuroscience, with notable contributions in pharmacology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, physiology, clinical psychology, and neurology.

The main topics addressed in Hillard's work include research on cannabis and cannabinoid compounds, neuroscience and neuropharmacology, tryptophan-related brain disorders, biochemical effects in animals, sleep and wakefulness, posttraumatic stress disorder, and stress responses involving cortisol. The broad focus on cannabinoid-related mechanisms and neuropharmacology is reflected throughout their publications.

Frequent publication venues for Hillard's research include:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Blood

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Hillard include:

  • "The IL-6 antagonist tocilizumab is associated with worse depression and related symptoms in the medically ill" (2021, Translational Psychiatry)
  • "Circulating endocannabinoids and genetic polymorphisms as predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity: heterogeneity in a community-based cohort" (2022, Translational Psychiatry)
  • "Meet Your Stress Management Professionals: The Endocannabinoids" (2020, Trends in Molecular Medicine)
  • "Exercise-induced increases in Anandamide and BDNF during extinction consolidation contribute to reduced threat following reinstatement: Preliminary evidence from a randomized controlled trial" (2021, Psychoneuroendocrinology)
  • "Role of endocannabinoid signaling in a septohabenular pathway in the regulation of anxiety- and depressive-like behavior" (2020, Molecular Psychiatry)

Hillard has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Julián Romero
  • Terri A. deRoon-Cassini
  • Garrett Sauber
  • Jacklynn M. Fitzgerald
  • Anikó Szabó

In addition to journal articles, Hillard has contributed to book publications. One example is a book published by Frontiers Media titled Therapeutic Potential of the Cannabinoid CB2 Receptor (2022).

Best Publications

  • Cannabinoid CB2 Receptors and Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Are Selectively Overexpressed in Neuritic Plaque-Associated Glia in Alzheimer's Disease Brains

    Cristina Benito;Estefanía Núñez;Rosa M. Tolón;Erica J. Carrier

  • Modulation of the cannabinoid CB2 receptor in microglial cells in response to inflammatory stimuli

    Katarzyna Maresz;Erica J. Carrier;Eugene D. Ponomarev;Cecilia J. Hillard

  • Endocannabinoid Signaling Negatively Modulates Stress-Induced Activation of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis

    Sachin Patel;Craig T. Roelke;David J. Rademacher;William E. Cullinan

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Potent and Selective Agonists of the Neuronal Cannabinoid Receptor (CB1)

    Cecilia J. Hillard;Sukumar Manna;Marcie J. Greenberg;Ralph DiCamelli

  • The endocannabinoid system in guarding against fear, anxiety and stress

    Beat Lutz;Giovanni Marsicano;Rafael Maldonado;Cecilia J. Hillard

  • Inhibition of an equilibrative nucleoside transporter by cannabidiol: A mechanism of cannabinoid immunosuppression

    Erica J. Carrier;John A. Auchampach;Cecilia J. Hillard

  • Accumulation of N‐Arachidonoylethanolamine (Anandamide) into Cerebellar Granule Cells Occurs via Facilitated Diffusion

    Cecilia J. Hillard;William S. Edgemond;Abbas Jarrahian;William B. Campbell

  • Pharmacological evaluation of cannabinoid receptor ligands in a mouse model of anxiety: further evidence for an anxiolytic role for endogenous cannabinoid signaling.

    Sachin Patel;Cecilia J Hillard

  • The mechanism of action of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa‐encoded type III cytotoxin, ExoU

    Hiromi Sato;Dara W. Frank;Cecilia J. Hillard;Jimmy B. Feix

  • Direct suppression of CNS autoimmune inflammation via the cannabinoid receptor CB1 on neurons and CB2 on autoreactive T cells.

    Katarzyna Maresz;Gareth Pryce;Gareth Pryce;Eugene D Ponomarev;Giovanni Marsicano

  • Cannabinoid CB1 receptor of cat cerebral arterial muscle functions to inhibit L-type Ca2+ channel current

    Debebe Gebremedhin;Andrew R. Lange;William B. Campbell;Cecilia J. Hillard

  • Downregulation of Endocannabinoid Signaling in the Hippocampus Following Chronic Unpredictable Stress

    Matthew N Hill;Sachin Patel;Erica J Carrier;David J Rademacher

  • Circulating Endocannabinoids: From Whence Do They Come and Where are They Going?

    Cecilia J Hillard

  • Cultured rat microglial cells synthesize the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonylglycerol, which increases proliferation via a CB2 receptor-dependent mechanism.

    Erica J. Carrier;Christopher S. Kearn;Andrew J. Barkmeier;Nicole M. Breese

  • Endogenous cannabinoid signaling is essential for stress adaptation

    Matthew N. Hill;Ryan J. McLaughlin;Brenda Bingham;Lalita Shrestha

  • Recruitment of prefrontal cortical endocannabinoid signaling by glucocorticoids contributes to termination of the stress response.

    Matthew N. Hill;Ryan J. McLaughlin;Bin Pan;Megan L. Fitzgerald

  • Fast feedback inhibition of the HPA axis by glucocorticoids is mediated by endocannabinoid signaling.

    Nathan K. Evanson;Jeffrey G. Tasker;Matthew N. Hill;Matthew N. Hill;Cecilia J. Hillard

  • Mechanisms of exercise-induced hypoalgesia.

    Kelli F. Koltyn;Angelique G. Brellenthin;Dane B. Cook;Nalini Sehgal

  • Inhibition of restraint stress-induced neural and behavioural activation by endogenous cannabinoid signalling.

    Sachin Patel;Craig T. Roelke;David J. Rademacher;Cecilia J. Hillard

  • Characterization of the kinetics and distribution of N-arachidonylethanolamine (anandamide) hydrolysis by rat brain.

    Cecilia J. Hillard;Douglas M. Wilkison;William S. Edgemond;William B. Campbell

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew N. Hill
Matthew N. Hill University of Calgary
Sachin Patel
Sachin Patel Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Boris B. Gorzalka
Boris B. Gorzalka University of British Columbia
William B. Campbell
William B. Campbell Medical College of Wisconsin
William R. Drobyski
William R. Drobyski Medical College of Wisconsin
Bruce S. McEwen
Bruce S. McEwen Rockefeller University
Qing-song Liu
Qing-song Liu Medical College of Wisconsin
Julián Romero
Julián Romero Francisco de Vitoria University
John R. Falck
John R. Falck The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Benjamin F. Cravatt
Benjamin F. Cravatt Scripps Research Institute

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