Hippocampal cannabinoid-1 receptor upregulation upon endothelin-B receptor deficiency: A neuroprotective substitution effect?

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1305-1309

  Unzicker, Christian ^a   Erberich, Heike ^a   Moldrich, Gabriella ^a   Woldt, Helge ^a   Bulla, Jan ^b   Mechoulam, Raphael ^c   Ehrenreich, Hannelore ^a   Sirén, Anna Leena ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cannabis; CB1; Dentate gyrus; Endocannabinoid system; Endothelin; ETB; Hippocampus; Hypoxia; Immunohistochemistry; Neuronal culture; Neuroprotection; Noladin; Spotting lethal rat; Tetrahydrocannabinol; THC; Western blot; Wistar Imamichi rat

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; DRONABINOL; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GLYCERIDES; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN B; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; CANNABIS;

EID: 28844435815     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-005-8802-3     Document Type: Article

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