Anandamide hydrolase: A guardian angel of human reproduction?

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 353-357

  Maccarrone, Mauro ^a   Finazzi Agrò, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; ANANDAMIDE HYDROLASE; CYTOKINE; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE PROTEIN COMPLEX; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LEYDIG CELL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 3042569771     PISSN: 01656147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tips.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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