Wiring and firing neuronal networks: endocannabinoids take center stage

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 338-345

  Harkany, Tibor ^a,b   Mackie, Ken ^c   Doherty, Patrick ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ANANDAMIDE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 54049144180     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2008.08.007     Document Type: Review

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