Bidirectional control of airway responsiveness by endogenous cannabinoids

Nature

Volumn 408, Issue 6808, 2000, Pages 96-101

  Calignano, A ^a   Katona I ^b   Desarnaud F ^c   Giuffrida, A ^c   La Rana, G ^a   Mackie, K ^d   Freund, T F ^b   Piomelli, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; CALCIUM ION; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; CANNABIS; CAPSAICIN; DRONABINOL; RIMONABANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; COUGHING; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; AXONS; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL SPASM; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; CANNABINOIDS; CAPSAICIN; COUGH; GUINEA PIGS; LUNG; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PIPERIDINES; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; RECEPTORS, DRUG;

ANIMALIA; BRONCHUS; CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034597761     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35040576     Document Type: Article

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