Endocannabinoid signaling in synchronizing embryo development and uterine receptivity for implantation

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 201-210

  Paria, B C ^a   Wang, H ^a   Dey, S K ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anandamide; Cannabinoids; Embryo; Mouse; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; LIPID;

CELL SURFACE; CHRONOPHARMACOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; GENETICS; GENITAL SYSTEM; GROWTH REGULATION; IMPLANTATION; MEDIATOR; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS;

EID: 0037207091     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-3084(02)00156-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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