Metabolism of anandamide, an endogenous cannabinoid receptor ligand, in porcine ocular tissues

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 707-711

  Matsuda, Satoshi ^a   Kanemitsu, Nobue ^a   Nakamura, Akiyo ^a   Mimura, Yasuo ^a   Ueda, Natsuo ^a   Kurahashi, Yuko ^a   Yamamoto, Shozo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anandamide; Anandamide hydrolase; Arachidonic acid; Cannabinoid; Eye; Retina

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; ETHANOLAMINE; HYDROLASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CHOROID; CONJUNCTIVA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPEREMIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; LACRIMAL GLAND; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SWINE;

EID: 0031149485     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0265     Document Type: Article

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