Human brain capillary endothelium: 2-Arachidonoglycerol (endocannabinoid) interacts with endothelin-1

Circulation Research

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 323-327

  Chen, Ye ^d   McCarron, Richard M ^a   Ohara, Yukoh ^a   Bembry, Joliet ^d   Azzam, Nabil ^d   Lenz, Fred A ^b   Shohami, Esther ^c   Mechoulam, Raphael ^c   Spatz, Maria ^d  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

2 arachidonoglycerol; Brain endothelial function; Cannabinoids; Endothelin 1; Endothelium

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; ENDOTHELIN 1;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CAPILLARY; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIUM; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034682990     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.87.4.323     Document Type: Article

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