ALPHABETICAL BRAIN VOCABULARY Flash Card #65 - Details WHAT ARE YOUR "CANNABINOID NEURONS" AND WHY ARE THEY SO IMPORTANT? Your CANNABINOID NEUROTRANSMITTERS influence how hungry or full you feel. They also influence the functions of your CEREBRAL CORTEX (or "intellectual" part of your brain) and the several parts of your LIMBIC SYSTEM (or "emotion-controlling" part of your brain). They originate in the "feeding centers" of your HYPOTHALAMUS. When those "feeding centers" RECEPTERS are stimulated, your higher cognitive functions are impaired as you feel euphoric. But when the "receptors" are blocked, you feel depressed! Return to #65: CANNABINOID NEURONS or LIST OF BRAIN FLASH CARDS