Spinal cannabinoids - A double-edged sword? (Commentary on Zhang et al.): Commentary

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 223-224

  Zeilhofer, Hanns Ulrich ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; DRONABINOL; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; OPIATE PEPTIDE;

BRAIN CELL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GLIA CELL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; CANNABINOIDS; MICE; NEURONS; PAIN; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 74549191995     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07125.x     Document Type: Note

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