The rat pineal gland comprises an endocannabinoid system

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 351-360

  Koch, Marco ^a   Habazettl, Iris ^a   Dehghani, Faramarz ^a   Korf, Horst Werner ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid receptors; Fatty acid amide hydrolase; N acyl phosphatidyl ethanolamine hydrolyzing phospholipase D; Norepinephrine; Pineal gland; Sympathetic nerve fibers

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; ETHANOLAMINE; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; N ACYL PHOSPHATIDYL ETHANOLAMINE; NORADRENALIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATABOLISM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ADRENERGIC FIBERS; AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; PHOTOPERIOD; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB2; TIME FACTORS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 53749106585     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2008.00597.x     Document Type: Article

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