Endocannabinoid metabolism in human glioblastomas and meningiomas compared to human non-tumour brain tissue

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 299-309

  Petersen, Gitte ^a   Moesgaard, Birthe ^a   Schmid, Patricia C ^b   Schmid, Harald H O ^b   Broholm, Helle ^c   Kosteljanetz, Michael ^c   Hansen, Harald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

Author keywords

2 arachidonoyl glycerol; Anandamide; Fatty acid amide hydrolase; N acylethanolamine; N acylphosphatidylethanolamine hydrolysing phospholipase D

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ANANDAMIDE; ENDOCANNABINOID; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; MONOACYLGLYCEROL; N ACYLTRANSFERASE; N-ACYLETHANOLAMINES; N-ACYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE HYDROLYZING PHOSPHOLIPASE D; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CANCER GRADING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MENINGIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MENINGIOMA;

EID: 17444373124     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03013.x     Document Type: Article

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