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  • Dainese, E., De Fabritiis, G., Sabatucci, A., Oddi, S., Angelucci, C. B., Di Pancrazio, C., Giorgino, T., Stanley, N., Del Carlo, M., Cravatt, B. F., Maccarrone, M. Membrane lipids are key modulators of the endocannabinoid-hydrolase FAAH Biochemical Journal  2014 457:463-472  DOI:10.1042/bj20130960  PMID:24215562
  • Di Venere, A., Dainese, E., Fezza, F., Angelucci, B. C., Rosato, N., Cravatt, B. F., Finazzi-Agro, A., Mei, G., Maccarrone, M. Rat and human fatty acid amide hydrolases: Overt similarities and hidden differences Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids  2012 1821:1425-1433  DOI:10.1016/j.bbalip.2012.07.021  PMID:22877990
  • Rossi, S., Furlan, R., De Chiara, V., Muzio, L., Musella, A., Motta, C., Studer, V., Cavasinni, F., Bernardi, G., Martino, G., Cravatt, B. F., Lutz, B., et al. Cannabinoid CB1 receptors regulate neuronal TNF-alpha effects in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis Brain Behavior and Immunity  2011 25:1242-1248  DOI:10.1016/j.bbi.2011.03.017  PMID:21473912
  • Rossi, S., De Chiara, V., Musella, A., Sacchetti, L., Cantarella, C., Castelli, M., Cavasinni, F., Motta, C., Studer, V., Bernardi, G., Cravatt, B. F., Maccarrone, M., et al. Preservation of striatal cannabinoid CB1 receptor function correlates with the antianxiety effects of fatty acid amide hydrolase inhibition Molecular Pharmacology  2010 78:260-268  DOI:10.1124/mol.110.064196  PMID:20424126
  • Maccarrone, M., Rossi, S., Bari, M., De Chiara, V., Fezza, F., Musella, A., Gasperi, V., Prosperetti, C., Bernardi, G., Finazzi-Agro, A., Cravatt, B. F., Centonze, D. Anandamide inhibits metabolism and physiological actions of 2-arachidonoylglycerol in the striatum Nature Neuroscience  2008 11:152-159  DOI:10.1038/nn2042  PMID:18204441
  • Mei, G., Di Venere, A., Gasperi, V., Nicolai, E., Masuda, K. R., Finazzi-Agro, A., Cravatt, B. F., Maccarrone, M. Closing the gate to the active site: Effect of the inhibitor methoxyarachidonyl fluorophosphonate on the conformation and membrane binding of fatty acid amide hydrolase Journal of Biological Chemistry  2007 282:3829-3836  DOI:10.1074/jbc.M605653200  PMID:17158103