Interplay between endocannabinoids, steroids and cytokines in the control of human reproduction

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 82-89

  Battista, N ^a   Pasquariello, N ^a   Di Tommaso, M ^a   Maccarrone, Mauro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Endocannabinoids; FAAH; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABIS; CYTOKINE; ENDOCANNABINOID; ESTROGEN; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; FOLLITROPIN; LEPTIN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; SEX HORMONE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

CANNABIS SMOKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

CANNABINOIDS; CYTOKINES; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; REPRODUCTION; STEROIDS;

EID: 42349089432     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2008.01684.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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