Localization of the endocannabinoid-degrading enzyme fatty acid amide hydrolase in rat dorsal root ganglion cells and its regulation After peripheral nerve injury

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3766-3780

  Lever, Isobel J ^a   Robinson, Michelle ^b   Cibelli, Mario ^a   Paule, Cleoper ^a   Santha, Peter ^a   Yee, Louis ^a   Hunt, Stephen P ^b   Cravatt, Benjamin F ^c   Elphick, Maurice R ^d   Nagy, Istvan ^a   Rice, Andrew S C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute for Chemical Biology   (United States)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; CAPSAZEPINE; COBALT; CYCLOHEXYLCARBAMIC ACID 3' CARBAMOYLBIPHENYL 3 YL ESTER; ENDOCANNABINOID; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; AMIDASE; FATTY-ACID AMIDE HYDROLASE; FREUND ADJUVANT; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; INFLAMMATION; INJURY; METABOLISM; PAIN; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SPINAL NERVE; WISTAR RAT;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PAIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 64849099556     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4071-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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