Multiple sclerosis may disrupt endocannabinoid brain protection mechanism

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 103, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 6087-6088

  Shohami, Esther ^a   Mechoutam, Raphael ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABIS; CASPASE 3; CYTOKINE; ENDOCANNABINOID; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTAMIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; MYELIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PURINE P2X7 RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; BRAIN PROTECTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SPASTICITY; TREMOR;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; MICE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS;

CANNABIS;

EID: 33646557063     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0601847103     Document Type: Note

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