Spatio-temporal expression patterns of anandamide-binding receptors in rat implantation sites: Evidence for a role of the endocannabinoid system during the period of placental development

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Fonseca, Bruno M ^a,b   Correia da Silva, Georgina ^a,b   Taylor, Anthony H ^c   Konje, Justin C ^c   Bell, Stephen C ^c   Teixeira, Natércia A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1; AMIDE; ARACHIDONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; TRPV1 PROTEIN, RAT; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BINDING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TROPHOBLAST; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; METABOLISM; NIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BINDING SITES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; PLACENTATION; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; TRPV CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 71149083322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-7-121     Document Type: Article

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