Endocannabinoid system in the adult rat circumventricular areas: An immunohistochemical Study

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 3065-3085

  Suárez, Juan ^a   Romero Zerbo, Silvana Y ^a   Rivera, Patricia ^a   Bermúdez Silva, Francisco Javier ^a   Pérez, Juan ^b   De Fonseca, Fernando Rodríguez ^a   Fernandez Llebrez P ^b  

^a Hospital University Carlos Haya de Málaga   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

astrocytes; CB1 receptor; CB2 receptor; circumventricular organs; DAGL ; DAGL ; ependyma; FAAH; MAGL; NAPE LPD

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; ACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; N ARACHIDONYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMIDE PHOSPHOLIPASE D; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CELL POPULATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHOROID PLEXUS; CIRCUMVENTRICULAR ORGAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPENDYMA; GLIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBCOMMISSURAL ORGAN; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; TANYCYTE;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCERIDES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL VENTRICLES; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROGLIA; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB2; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77954599032     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22382     Document Type: Article

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