Adaptations in endocannabinoid signaling in response to repeated homotypic stress: A novel mechanism for stress habituation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2821-2829

  Patel, Sachin ^a   Hillard, Cecilia J ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

2 arachidonoylglycerol; Anandamide; Anxiety; Cannabinoid; CB1; N arachidonylethanolamine

Indexed keywords

ENDOCANNABINOID;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HABITUATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LIMBIC CORTEX; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; HUMANS; MOOD DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 45149111341     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06266.x     Document Type: Review

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