The molecular logic of endocannabinoid signalling

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 873-884

  Piomelli, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; 3 (2 IODO 5 NITROBENZOYL) 1 (1 METHYL 2 PIPERIDINYLMETHYL)INDOLE; 4 (1,1 DIMETHYLHEPTYL) 1',2',3',4',5',6' HEXAHYDRO 2,3' DIHYDROXY 6' (3 HYDROXYPROPYL)BIPHENYL; 5 (4 CHLORO 3 METHYLPHENYL) 1 (4 METHYLBENZYL) N (1,3,3 TRIMETHYLBICYCLO[2.2.1]HEPTAN 2 YL) 3 PYRAZOLECARBOXAMIDE; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; CANNABIS; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; DEXANABINOL; DRONABINOL; ENDOCANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; ION CHANNEL; LIPID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; RIMONABANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CANNABIS; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 0242268553     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn1247     Document Type: Article

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