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Pedro Grandes is affiliated with the University of the Basque Country in Spain and conducts research primarily in the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine. Their work encompasses specialized subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

Their research topics cover a broad range related to brain function and pharmacology, including Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Sleep and Wakefulness Research, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, and Diet, Metabolism, and Disease.

Frequent publication venues for their work include Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), EKAIA Euskal Herriko Unibertsitateko Zientzi eta Teknologi Aldizkaria, and IBRO Neuroscience Reports.

Pedro Grandes has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including Nagore Puente, Itziar Bonilla-Del Río, Maitane Serrano, Edgar Soria-Gómez, and Inmaculada Gerrikagoitia.

Recent significant publications include:

  • Glucose metabolism links astroglial mitochondria to cannabinoid effects, 2020, Nature
  • Subcellular specificity of cannabinoid effects in striatonigral circuits, 2021, Neuron
  • Cannabinoid CB2 Receptors Modulate Microglia Function and Amyloid Dynamics in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease, 2022, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Endocannabinoid LTD in Accumbal D1 Neurons Mediates Reward-Seeking Behavior, 2020, iScience
  • Cannabinoid control of hippocampal functions: the where matters, 2021, FEBS Journal

Best Publications

  • Mitochondrial CB1 receptors regulate neuronal energy metabolism

    Giovanni Bénard;Federico Massa;Federico Massa;Nagore Puente;Joana Lourenço

  • Nerve sprouting in innervated adult skeletal muscle induced by exposure to elevated levels of insulin-like growth factors.

    P Caroni;P Grandes

  • Acute Cannabinoids Impair Working Memory through Astroglial CB1 Receptor Modulation of Hippocampal LTD

    Jing Han;Philip Kesner;Mathilde Metna-Laurent;Mathilde Metna-Laurent;Tingting Duan;Tingting Duan

  • A cannabinoid link between mitochondria and memory

    Etienne Hebert-Chatelain;Etienne Hebert-Chatelain;Etienne Hebert-Chatelain;Tifany Desprez;Tifany Desprez;Román Serrat;Román Serrat;Luigi Bellocchio;Luigi Bellocchio;Luigi Bellocchio

  • Bimodal control of stimulated food intake by the endocannabinoid system

    Luigi Bellocchio;Luigi Bellocchio;Pauline Lafenêtre;Pauline Lafenêtre;Astrid Cannich;Astrid Cannich;Daniela Cota;Daniela Cota

  • The endocannabinoid system controls food intake via olfactory processes

    Edgar Soria-Gómez;Luigi Bellocchio;Leire Reguero;Gabriel Lepousez

  • Molecular components and functions of the endocannabinoid system in mouse prefrontal cortex.

    Mathieu Lafourcade;Izaskun Elezgarai;Susana Mato;Susana Mato;Yamina Bakiri

  • Glucose metabolism links astroglial mitochondria to cannabinoid effects

    Daniel Jimenez-Blasco;Daniel Jimenez-Blasco;Arnau Busquets-Garcia;Arnau Busquets-Garcia;Etienne Hebert-Chatelain;Roman Serrat;Roman Serrat

  • Polymodal activation of the endocannabinoid system in the extended amygdala

    Nagore Puente;Yihui Cui;Olivier Lassalle;Mathieu Lafourcade;Mathieu Lafourcade

  • Glutamate-like immunoreactivity revealed in rat olfactory bulb, hippocampus and cerebellum by monoclonal antibody and sensitive staining method.

    C. j. Liu;P. Grandes;C. Matute;M. Cuénod

  • Monosynaptic and polysynaptic feed-forward inputs to mitral cells from olfactory sensory neurons.

    Marion Najac;Didier De Saint Jan;Leire Reguero;Pedro Grandes

  • Differential distribution of metabotropic glutamate receptors 1a, 1b, and 5 in the rat spinal cord.

    Francisco J. Alvarez;Rosa María Villalba;Patrick A. Carr;Patrick A. Carr;Pedro Grandes

  • Cannabinoid control of brain bioenergetics: Exploring the subcellular localization of the CB1 receptor

    Etienne Hebert-Chatelain;Leire Reguero;Nagore Puente;Beat Lutz

  • Dopaminergic Modulation of Endocannabinoid-Mediated Plasticity at GABAergic Synapses in the Prefrontal Cortex

    Chiayu Q. Chiu;Nagore Puente;Pedro Grandes;Pablo E. Castillo

  • GABA release by hippocampal astrocytes

    Karim Le Meur;Karim Le Meur;Juan Mendizabal-Zubiaga;Pedro Grandes;Etienne Audinat

  • Role of the endocannabinoid system in drug addiction.

    Jorge Manzanares;Jorge Manzanares;David Cabañero;Nagore Puente;María S. García-Gutiérrez

  • Retroinhibition of presynaptic Ca2+ currents by endocannabinoids released via postsynaptic mGluR activation at a calyx synapse.

    Christopher Kushmerick;Christopher Kushmerick;Gareth D. Price;Holger Taschenberger;Nagore Puente

  • Immunohistochemical localization of the mGluR1beta metabotropic glutamate receptor in the adult rodent forebrain: evidence for a differential distribution of mGluR1 splice variants.

    Francesco Ferraguti;Francois Conquet;Corrado Corti;Pedro Grandes

  • Cannabinoid CB1 Receptors Are Localized in Striated Muscle Mitochondria and Regulate Mitochondrial Respiration.

    Juan Mendizabal-Zubiaga;Su Melser;Su Melser;Giovanni Bénard;Giovanni Bénard;Almudena Ramos

  • Presynaptic homeostatic plasticity rescues long-term depression after chronic Delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure.

    Susana Mato;David Robbe;Nagore Puente;Pedro Grandes

  • A cannabinoid link between mitochondria and memory

    Giovanni Marsicano

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni Marsicano
Giovanni Marsicano University of Bordeaux
Peter Streit
Peter Streit University of Zurich
Thomas Knöpfel
Thomas Knöpfel Hong Kong Baptist University
Rainer Kuhn
Rainer Kuhn Novartis (Switzerland)
Beat Lutz
Beat Lutz Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Brian R. Christie
Brian R. Christie University of Victoria
Olivier J. Manzoni
Olivier J. Manzoni Aix-Marseille University
Michel Cuenod
Michel Cuenod University of Lausanne
François Georges
François Georges University of Bordeaux
Fernando Rodríguez de Fonseca
Fernando Rodríguez de Fonseca Complutense University of Madrid

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