Effects of cannabinoids on hypothalamic and reproductive function

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 168, Issue , 2005, Pages 555-571

  Maccarrone, M ^a   Wenger, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Appetite; Cytokines; Endocannabinoids; Hypothalamus; Lymphocytes; Pituitary; Pregnancy; Reproduction; Sex hormones; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944456073     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: 18650325     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-26573-2_18     Document Type: Article

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