Elevated levels of endocannabinoids and CB1 receptor-mediated G-protein signaling in the prefrontal cortex of alcoholic suicide victims

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 480-486

  Vinod, K Yaragudri ^a,b   Arango, Victoria ^b,c   Xie, Shan ^a   Kassir, Suham A ^b   Mann, J John ^b,c   Cooper, Thomas B ^a,b   Hungund, Basalingappa L ^a,b,c  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; CB1 receptor; Endocannabinoids; G protein; Human prefrontal cortex; Suicide

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; ALCOHOL; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); SULFUR 35;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUICIDE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 14644422174     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2004.11.033     Document Type: Article

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