Multiple roles for the endocannabinoid system during the earliest stages of life: Pre- and oostnatal development

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 75-81

  Fride, Ester ^a  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Appetite; CB1 receptors; Endocannabinoids; Feeding; Postnatal; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; ENDOCANNABINOID; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; LEPTIN;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BREAST MILK; CANNABIS SMOKING; CELL MIGRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FAILURE TO THRIVE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL FUNCTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SUCKING; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; EATING; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID;

EID: 42349111669     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2008.01670.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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