Effects of chronic exposure to Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol on cannabinoid receptor binding and mRNA levels in several rat brain regions

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 100-108

  Romero, J ^a   Garcia Palomero, E ^a   Castro, J G ^a   Garcia Gil, L ^a   Ramos, J A ^a   Fernandez Ruiz, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

9 tetrahydrocannabinol; Autoradiography; Cannabinoid receptor binding; Cannabinoid receptor MRNA levels; Northern blot

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; DRONABINOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENTOPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; DRUG TOLERANCE; MALE; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; RECEPTORS, DRUG; RNA, MESSENGER; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030959336     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(96)00277-X     Document Type: Article

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