Ultrastructural localization of neuronal brain CB2 cannabinoid receptors

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1139, Issue , 2008, Pages 450-457

  Brusco, A ^a   Tagliaferro, P A ^a   Saez, T ^a   Onaivi, E S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; CB2 cannabinoid receptor; CB2 polyclonal antibody; Hippocampus; Immunohistochemical electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GLIA CELL; GOLGI COMPLEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 53549090175     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1432.037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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