The central cannabinoid receptor (CB1) mediates inhibition of nitric oxide production by rat microglial cells

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 288, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1357-1366

  Waksman, Yaakov ^a   Olson, John M ^a   Carlisle, Steven J ^a   Cabral, Guy A ^a,b  

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

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (1,1 DIMETHYLHEPTYL) 1',2',3',4',5',6' HEXAHYDRO 2,3' DIHYDROXY 6' (3 HYDROXYPROPYL)BIPHENYL; BUCLADESINE; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CHOLERA TOXIN; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; RIMONABANT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CANNABINOIDS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLOHEXANOLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROGLIA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PIPERIDINES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; RECEPTORS, DRUG; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032982520     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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