Expression of cannabinoid receptors and their gene transcripts in human blood cells

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1063-1077

  Onaivi, Emmanuel S ^a,e   Chaudhuri, Gautam ^c   Abaci, Asli S ^d   Parker, Monica ^b   Manier, Donald H ^a   Martin, Peter R ^a   Hubbard, John R ^a,d  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid receptor genes; Cannabinoid receptors; Gender differences; Genetic variation; Human blood; Marijuana; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; CANNABIS;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD CELL; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR GENE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD CELLS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MONOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; RECEPTORS, DRUG; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0033180487     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5846(99)00052-4     Document Type: Article

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