Endocannabinoids, hormone-cytokine networks and human fertility

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 66, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 309-317

  Maccarrone, M ^a   Falciglia, K ^a   Di Rienzo, M ^a   Finazzi Agro A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; CYTOKINE; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; HORMONE; HYDROLASE; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; PROGESTERONE; CANNABINOID; DRUG RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; ICOSANOID;

ABORTION; APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONITORING; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; DRUG POTENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CANNABINOIDS; CYTOKINES; EICOSANOIDS; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORMONES; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; RECEPTORS, DRUG;

EID: 0036019416     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/plef.2001.0354     Document Type: Article

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