Occurrence and biosynthesis of endogenous cannabinoid precursor, N- arachidonoyl phosphatidylethanolamine, in rat brain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1226-1242

  Cadas, Hugues ^a   Di Tomaso, Emmanuelle ^a   Piomelli, Daniele ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

anandamide; arachidonate; endogenous cannabinoids; N acylphosphatidylethanolamine; N acyl transferase; N acylethanolaminee; phosphati dylethanolamine

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ANANDAMIDE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; CANNABINOID; N ARACHIDONOYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BRAIN LEVEL; LIPOGENESIS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS;

EID: 0031033841     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-04-01226.1997     Document Type: Article

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