The anandamide transport inhibitor AM404 activates vanilloid receptors

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 396, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-42

  Zygmunt, Peter M ^a   Chuang, Huai Hu ^b   Movahed, Pouya ^a   Julius, David ^b   Högestätt, Edward D ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Afferent; Cannabinoid; Capsaicin; Neuron; Pain; Receptor; Sensory; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE[8-37]; CAPSAICIN; CAPSAZEPINE; N (4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 5,,8,11,14 ICOSATETRAENAMIDE; N (4 HYDROXYPHENYL)ARACHIDONYLETHANOLAMIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; RIMONABANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATIC ARTERY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASODILATATION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CANNABINOIDS; CAPSAICIN; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PIPERIDINES; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, DRUG; VASODILATION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0034640192     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(00)00207-7     Document Type: Article

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