THC prevents MDMA neurotoxicity in mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Touriño, Clara ^a   Zimmer, Andreas ^b   Valverde, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; 6 IODO 3 (4 METHOXYBENZOYL) 2 METHYL 1 (2 MORPHOLINOETHYL)INDOLE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; IODOPRAVADOLINE; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; HYPERTHERMIA; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEVER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROGLIA; MOUSE MUTANT; TEMPERATURE; TOXICITY AND INTOXICATION;

ANIMALIA; CANNABIS; MUS;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEVER; HALLUCINOGENS; INDOLES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROGLIA; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PIPERIDINES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; PYRAZOLES; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB2; TEMPERATURE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

EID: 77949389645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009143     Document Type: Article

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