Pharmacological activity of fatty acid amides is regulated, but not mediated, by fatty acid amide hydrolase in vivo

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 302, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 73-79

  Lichtman, Aron H ^b   Gregory Hawkins, E ^a   Griffin, Graeme ^b   Cravatt, Benjamin F ^a,c  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; 2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; 4 (1,1 DIMETHYLHEPTYL) 1',2',3',4',5',6' HEXAHYDRO 2,3' DIHYDROXY 6' (3 HYDROXYPROPYL)BIPHENYL; AMIDE; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; FATTY ACID AMIDE; GLYCEROL OLEATE; LIPID; METHANANDAMIDE; MONOACYLGLYCEROL; MONOETHANOLAMINE OLEATE; OLEAMIDE; PALMIDROL; RIMONABANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATALEPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG RESPONSE; GENE DISRUPTION; HYPOTHERMIA; LIGAND BINDING; LIPOLYSIS; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

AMIDES; AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FATTY ACIDS; GLYCERIDES; KINETICS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OLEIC ACIDS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; RECEPTORS, DRUG;

EID: 0036089489     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.302.1.73     Document Type: Article

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