Cannabinoid receptors are absent in insects

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 436, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 423-429

  McPartland, John ^a   Marzo, Vincenzo Di ^b   De Petrocellis, Luciano ^c   Mercer, Alison ^d   Glass, Michelle ^e  

^a Porton Down Science Park   (United Kingdom)

^b Istituto per la Chimica di Molecole di Interesse Biologico   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d NIDCD   (United States)

^e UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anandamide; Cannabinoid receptors; Cannabis; Fatty acid amide hydrolase; GTP s; Insects; Neurotransmitters; Sequencing analysis; Tetrahydrocannabinol

Indexed keywords

4 (1,1 DIMETHYLHEPTYL) 1',2',3',4',5',6' HEXAHYDRO 2,3' DIHYDROXY 6' (3 HYDROXYPROPYL)BIPHENYL; ANANDAMIDE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; DEXANABINOL; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); NEUROTRANSMITTER; RIMONABANT; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENOME; HONEYBEE; INSECT; LEPIDOPTERA; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEES; BEETLES; CATS; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INSECTS; LIGANDS; MALPIGHIAN TUBULES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; RECEPTORS, DRUG;

EID: 0035817421     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.1078     Document Type: Article

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