Anandamide - The other side of the coin

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 43-44

  Zygmunt, Peter M ^a   Julius, David ^b   Di Marzo, Vincenzo ^c   Högestätt, Edward D ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; RIMONABANT; SUBSTANCE P; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0034142316     PISSN: 01656147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-6147(99)01430-3     Document Type: Short Survey

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