Endocannabinoid transport tightly controls 2-arachidonoyl glycerol actions in the hippocampus: Effects of low temperature and the transport inhibitor AM404

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2991-2996

  Hájos, Norbert ^a   Kathuria, Satish ^b   Dinh, Thien ^b   Piomelli, Daniele ^b   Freund, Tamás F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CB1 receptor; Endocannabinoids; GABA; in vitro; Rat; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; 2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; N (4 HYDROXYPHENYL)ARACHIDONAMIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLYCERIDES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PIPERIDINES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TEMPERATURE; TRITIUM;

EID: 3042567107     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-816X.2004.03433.x     Document Type: Article

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