Identification and characterization of a novel synthetic cannabinoid CP 55,940 binder in rat brain cytosol

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 181, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 21-27

  Qureshi, Jeffrey ^a   Saady, Matt ^a   Cardounel, Arturo ^a   Kalimi, Mohammed ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid receptor; CP 55,940; Cytosol; Rat brain

Indexed keywords

4 (1,1 DIMETHYLHEPTYL) 1',2',3',4',5',6' HEXAHYDRO 2,3' DIHYDROXY 6' (3 HYDROXYPROPYL)BIPHENYL; ANANDAMIDE; BRAIN RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; CYTOSOL RECEPTOR; DELTA8 TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; DITHIOTHREITOL; DRONABINOL; NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; REDUCING AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING SITE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOTOPE LABELING; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SCATCHARD PLOT; SPLEEN; TESTIS; THERMOSTABILITY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CANNABINOIDS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CYCLOHEXANOLS; CYTOSOL; DITHIOTHREITOL; KINETICS; MALE; NUCLEOTIDES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, DRUG; SALTS; SULFHYDRYL REAGENTS; TEMPERATURE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031931590     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006855504094     Document Type: Article

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