The "Dark Side" of Endocannabinoids: A Neurotoxic Role for Anandamide

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 564-578

  Cernak, Ibolja ^a   Vink, Robert ^a,b   Natale, JoAnne ^a   Stoica, Bogdan ^a   Lea IV, Paul M ^a   Movsesyan, Vilen ^a   Ahmed, Farid ^a   Knoblach, Susan M ^a   Fricke, Stanley T ^a   Faden, Alan I ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anandamide; Cell death; Cognitive deficit; Endocannabinoids; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microarray

Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; ANANDAMIDE; CALPASTATIN; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CAPSAZEPINE; N (4 FLUOROPHENYLSULFONYL)VALYLLEUCINAL; SJA 6017; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EMBRYO; GLIA CELL; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 2342584603     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-200405000-00011     Document Type: Article

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