Analysis of cannabinoid receptor binding and mRNA expression and endogenous cannabinoid contents in the developing rat brain during late gestation and early postnatal period

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Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 181-191

  Berrendero, Fernando ^a   Sepe, Nunzio ^b   Ramos, José A ^a   Di Marzo, Vincenzo ^b   Fernández Ruiz, J Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Istituto per la Chimica di Molecole di Interesse Biologico   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Brain development; Cannabinoid receptor binding; Cannabinoid receptor mRNA levels; Endogenous cannabinoid contents; Fetal and early postnatal ontogeny; Gas chroma tography mass spectrometry; In situ hybridization

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING SITE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATION PERIOD; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CANNABINOIDS; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; RECEPTORS, DRUG; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0033198288     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(19990901)33:3<181::AID-SYN3>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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