Loss of cannabinoid CB1 receptors in the basal ganglia in the late akinetic phase of rats with experimental Huntington's disease

Neurotoxicity Research

Volumn 4, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 601-608

  Lastres Becker, Isabel ^a   Gómez, Mŕia ^a   Ramos, Jose A ^a   Fernández Ruiz, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

3 nitropropionic acid; Basal ganglia; Cannabinoids; CB1 receptors; GABA; Huntington's disease

Indexed keywords

3 NITROPROPIONIC ACID; 3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MESSENGER RNA; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROENKEPHALIN; RIMONABANT; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AKINESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BASAL GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; ENTOPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PUTAMEN; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; STAGING; STEREOTYPY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036856107     PISSN: 10298428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10298420290030514     Document Type: Review

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