Modulation of the endocannabinoid system in cardiovascular disease: Therapeutic potential and limitations

Hypertension

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 601-607

  Pacher, Pál ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Partha ^a   Mohanraj, Rajesh ^a   Godlewski, Grzegorz ^a   Bátkai, Sándor ^a   Kunos, George ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOCANNABINOID; GLUCOSE; PLACEBO; RIMONABANT; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLIC ACID; CANNABINOID; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; RESTENOSIS; RISK; SHORT SURVEY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; METABOLISM; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CANNABINOIDS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54749112350     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.105.063651     Document Type: Short Survey

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