Non-mammalian vertebrate models and the endocannabinoid system: Relationships with gonadotropin-releasing hormone

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 286, Issue 1-2 SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Cannabinoid receptor; GnRH; Post transcriptional modifications; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; GONADORELIN;

FROG; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANURA; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 42249102759     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2008.01.009     Document Type: Review

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