An endocannabinoid system is localized to the hypophysial pars tuberalis of Syrian hamsters and responds to photoperiodic changes

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 340, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 127-136

  Yasuo, Shinobu ^a,b,d   Koch, Marco ^a,b   Schmidt, Helmut ^b,c   Ziebell, Simone ^b,c   Bojunga, Joerg ^c   Geisslinger, Gerd ^b,c   Korf, Horst Werner ^a,b  

^a Dr Senckenbergische Anatomie   (Germany)

^b LOEWE Lipid Signaling Forschungszentrum Frankfurt   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2 arachidonoyl glycerol; Endocannabinoid; Pars tuberalis; Photoperiodism; Syrian hamster

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; ACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; MEMBRANE LIPID; N ACYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE SPECIFIC PHOSPHOLIPASE D; PROTEIN S 100; SN 1 SELECTIVE DIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE ALPHA; SN 1 SELECTIVE DIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2-ARACHIDONYLGLYCEROL; ACYLGLYCEROL; ARACHIDONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROLASE; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOLIPASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TARGETING; SYRIAN HAMSTER; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HAMSTER; HYPOPHYSIS; METABOLISM; NEUROSECRETION; PHYSIOLOGY; SECOND MESSENGER; SECRETION;

CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; GLYCERIDES; HYDROLASES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MONOACYLGLYCEROL LIPASES; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PHOSPHOLIPASES; PHOTOPERIOD; PITUITARY GLAND; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; RNA, MESSENGER; S100 PROTEINS; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77953395004     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-010-0930-7     Document Type: Article

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