Any early role of cannabinoid receptors in neuroprotection after spinal cord injury is unclear.
Cannabinoid-1 receptor expression and activity persisted 24 h after transient excitotoxic stress.
Anandamide, its uptake blocker or 2-arachidonoylglycerol could not prevent locomotor pattern damage.
Although anandamide significantly protected central region neurons, it did not protect motoneurons.
The cannabinoid receptor blocker AM251 applied after kainate potentiated structural and functional deficit.