Cannabinoid signalling in the enteric nervous system

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 899-902

  Galligan, J J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium imaging; Cannabinoid receptors; Mitochondrial transport; Synaptic vesicles

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENZYME INHIBITION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MITOCHONDRIAL ENERGY TRANSFER; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOSOME;

ANIMALS; CANNABINOIDS; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 68949104139     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2009.01372.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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