Segregation of two endocannabinoid-hydrolyzing enzymes into pre- and postsynaptic compartments in the rat hippocampus, cerebellum and amygdala

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 441-458

  Gulyas, A I ^a   Cravatt, B F ^b   Bracey, M H ^b   Dinh, T P ^c   Piomelli, D ^c   Boscia, F ^d   Freund, T F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

2 AG; Anandamide; Ca2+ stores; Electron microscopy; Inhibitory cells; Interneurons

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; ACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; FATTY ACID AMIDASE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; BRAIN REGION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC CELL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CEREBELLUM; CHOLECYSTOKININ; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MONOACYLGLYCEROL LIPASES; PARVALBUMINS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES;

EID: 3242751838     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03428.x     Document Type: Article

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