Involvement of cannabinoid receptors in infrasonic noise-induced neuronal impairment.

“Excessive exposure to infrasound, a kind of low-frequency but high-intensity sound noise generated by heavy transportations and machineries, can cause vibroacoustic disease which is a progressive and systemic disease, and finally results in the dysfunction of central nervous system.

Our previous studies have demonstrated that glial cell-mediated inflammation may contribute to infrasound-induced neuronal impairment, but the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood.

Here, we show that cannabinoid (CB) receptors may be involved in infrasound-induced neuronal injury.

…our results provide the first evidence that CB receptors may be involved in infrasound-induced neuronal impairment possibly by affecting the release of proinflammatory cytokines.”

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26058582

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