A Comparison of the Ocular and Central Effects of Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol and Cannabigerol

Journal of Ocular Pharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 259-269

  Colasanti, Brenda K ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIGEROL; DRONABINOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMAL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BRAIN; CANNABINOIDS; CATS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENERVATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE; GANGLIONECTOMY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SLEEP, REM; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

EID: 0025613584     PISSN: 87563320     EISSN: 15577732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jop.1990.6.259     Document Type: Article

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