Type-1 cannabinoid receptor expression in the frog, Rana esculenta, tissues: A possible involvement in the regulation of testicular activity

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 551-558

  Meccariello, Rosaria ^a   Chianese, Rosanna ^b   Cacciola, Giovanna ^b   Cobellis, Gilda ^b   Pierantoni, Riccardo ^b,c   Fasano, Silvia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anuran amphibian; Brain; Cannabinoid; CB1 receptor; Expression analysis; Testis

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIENCEPHALON; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEART; HYPOPHYSIS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPINAL CORD; SPLEEN; TESTIS FUNCTION; WINTER;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RANA ESCULENTA; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; MAMMALIA; RANA ESCULENTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33645453045     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20434     Document Type: Article

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