A light and electron microscopic study of the CB1 cannabinoid receptor in primate brain

Neuroscience

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1177-1191

  Ong, W Y ^a   MacKie, K ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon terminal; Basal ganglia; Dendrite; Immunocytochemistry; Monkey

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID RECEPTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBELLUM; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MONKEY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CANNABINOIDS; DENDRITES; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; RECEPTORS, DRUG; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0033014121     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(99)00025-1     Document Type: Article

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