Identification of the CB1 cannabinoid receptor and fatty acid amide hyrolase (FAAH) in the human placenta

Placenta

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 473-478

  Park, B ^a   Gibbons, H M ^b   Mitchell, M D ^a,b   Glassa, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABIS; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR;

AMNION CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DECIDUA; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETICULUM CELL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 0141614983     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.2002.0926     Document Type: Article

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