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Introduction to Endocannabinology

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Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2026-2027

Course director

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 12 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 0 hours

total of: 12 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OAF-ENK-T
  • 1 kredit
  • General Medicine
  • Optional modul
  • both semester
Prerequisites:

-

Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 24

Topic

The endocannabinoid system was named a little over 30 years ago. Its primary role in the control of homeostasis was seen even then. The initial model has now been taken to a new scale. More cannabinoid receptors and more endocannabinoids have been discovered, and the function of the molecular network system itself is more complex than initially thought. Individual molecular interactions have become intertwined, and several new aspects of the nature of the forces controlling homeostasis have emerged, involving not only the canonical endocannabinoid system.

The lectures have been designed to provide a better understanding of homeostasis and to inform about the latest interdisciplinary models in addition to the most recent research findings.

Lectures

  • 1.

    The myth of cannabis as a medicinal plant

    - Karácsony Ferenc Tibor
  • 2.

    The canonical endocannabinoid system

    - Karácsony Ferenc Tibor
  • 3.

    The endocannabinoidome

    - Karácsony Ferenc Tibor
  • 4.

    Homeostasis control from a quantum physics perspective

    - Karácsony Ferenc Tibor
  • 5.

    Aspects of observing and measuring homeostasis

    - Karácsony Ferenc Tibor
  • 6.

    The endocannabinoidome and the microbiome – conversational intelligences

    - Karácsony Ferenc Tibor
  • 7.

    Toxins, disruptors

    - Karácsony Ferenc Tibor
  • 8.

    The energy requirements of regeneration; the relationship between mitochondria and the endocannabinoid system

    - Karácsony Ferenc Tibor
  • 9.

    The master system controlling homeostasis, the concept of self-care

    - Karácsony Ferenc Tibor
  • 10.

    The model of a placebo-assisted individual observation system

    - Karácsony Ferenc Tibor
  • 11.

    Samprapti – the Ayurvedic model of health decline

    - Karácsony Ferenc Tibor
  • 12.

    New trends in health culture

    - Karácsony Ferenc Tibor

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

The Book of Detoxification (Dr Karácsony Ferenc, Pécs, 1998.)

The World of Cannabinoid Medicine (Dr Karácsony Ferenc, Budapest, 2019.)

Literature developed by the Department

lecture notes, presentations (online)

Notes

Recommended literature

Roger Pertwee: Handbook of Cannabis

Vicenzo di Marzo, Jenny Wang: The Endocannabinoidome

Martin A. Lee: Smoke Signals

Gerald H. Pollack et al: Water and the Cell

Yorikiyo Nagashima: Elementary Particle Physics

R. V. Kumar: Cytonics

Gilbert Ling: A Physical Theory of the Living State

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

-

Mid-term exams

-

Making up for missed classes

-

Exam topics/questions

-

Examiners

  • Karácsony Ferenc Tibor

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

  • Karácsony Ferenc Tibor
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