Effects of 2-arachidonylglycerol, an endogenous cannabinoid, on neuronal activity in rat hippocampal slices

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 361, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 265-272

  Ameri, Angela ^a,b   Simmet, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Selecta Verlagsgesellschaft mbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

2 Arachidonylglycerol; Cannabinoid CB1 receptors; Endogenous cannabinoid system; Epileptiform activity; Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; 2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; RIMONABANT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEIZURE;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; CANNABINOIDS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLYCERIDES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MORPHOLINES; NAPHTHALENES; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PIPERIDINES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, DRUG;

EID: 0033969684     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002109900200     Document Type: Article

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