Suppression of experimetal autoimmune encephalomyelitis by cannabinoids

Immunopharmacology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 209-214

  Wirguin, Itzhak ^a   Mechoulam, Raphael ^b   Breuer, Aviva ^b   Schezen, Elli ^a   Weidenfeld, Joseph ^a   Brenner, Talma ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cannabinoids; Corticosterone; Experimental autoimmune ecephalomyelitis; HU 211; Tetrahydrocannabinol

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; DELTA8 TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; DEXANABINOL; DRUG RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG THERAPY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE; FEMALE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

EID: 0028080884     PISSN: 01623109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0162-3109(94)90056-6     Document Type: Article

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