Thesis defense – Laurie Robin

The endocannabinoid system is an important modulator of physiological functions. It is composed of cannabinoid receptors, their endogenous lipid ligands (the endocannabinoids) and the enzymatic machinery for endocannabinoid synthesis and degradation. The type-1 cannabinoid receptors (CB1) are expressed in different cell types of the brain and are known to be involved in memory processes. Endocannabinoids are mobilized in an activity-dependent manner in brain areas involved in the modulation of memory such as the hippocampus. In this brain region, CB1 receptors are mainly expressed at neuronal pre-synaptic terminals where their stimulation inhibits the release of neurotransmitters, thereby modulating several forms of synaptic activity. 

Publications

Robin, L.M.*, Oliveira da Cruz, J.F.*, Langlais, V.C.*, Martin-Fernandez, M., Metna-Laurent, M., Busquets-Garcia, A., Bellocchio, L., Soria-Gomez, E., Papouin, T., Varilh, M., Sherwood MW., Belluomo I., Balcells G., Matias I., Bosier B., Drago F., Van Eeckhaut A., Smolders I., Georges F., Araque A., Panatier A., Oliet SHR#, Marsicano G#. (2018). Astroglial CB1 Receptors Determine Synaptic D-Serine Availability to Enable Recognition Memory. Neuron 98, 935-944.e5.

Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, A., Bonilla-Del Río, I., Puente, N., Gómez-Urquijo, S.M.,Fontaine, C.J., Egaña-Huguet, J., Elezgarai, I., Ruehle, S., Lutz, B., Robin, L.M., Soria-Gómez E., Bellocchio L., Padwal JD., van der Stelt M., Mendizabal-Zubiaga J., Reguero L., Ramos A., Gerrikagoitia I., Marsicano G., Grandes P. (2018). Localization of the cannabinoid type-1 receptor in subcellular astrocyte compartments of mutant mouse hippocampus. Glia 66, 1417–1431

Martin-Fernandez, M., Jamison, S., Robin, L.M, Zhao, Z., Martin, E.D., Aguilar, J., Benneyworth, M.A., Marsicano, G., and Araque, A. (2017). Synapse-specific astrocyte gating of amygdala-related behavior. Nature Neuroscience 20, 1540– 1548.

Hebert-Chatelain, E., Desprez, T., Serrat, R., Bellocchio, L., Soria-Gomez, E., Busquets-Garcia, A., Pagano Zottola, A.C., Delamarre, A., Cannich, A., Vincent, P., Varilh M., Robin LM., Terral G., García-Fernández MD., Colavita M., Mazier W., Drago F, Puente N., Reguero L., Elezgarai I., Dupuy JW., Cota D., Lopez-Rodriguez ML., Barreda-Gómez G., Massa F., Grandes P., Bénard G., Marsicano G. (2016). A cannabinoid link between mitochondria and memory. Nature 539, 555–559

Oliveira da Cruz, J.F.*, Robin, L.M.*, Drago, F., Marsicano, G., and Metna-Laurent, M. (2016). Astroglial type-1 cannabinoid receptor (CB1): A new player in the tripartite synapse.Neuroscience 323, 35–42.

*: equal contribution, #: equal supervision