2-Arachidonoylglycerol: A possible multifunctional lipid mediator in the nervous and immune systems

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 905, Issue , 2000, Pages 344-346

  Sugiura, Takayuki ^a   Waku, Keizo ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MEDIATOR; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034056388     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06575.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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