Temporal and spatial distribution of the cannabinoid receptors (CB 1, CB2) and fatty acid amide hydroxylase in the rat ovary

Anatomical Record

Volumn 293, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1425-1432

  Bagavandoss, P ^a   Grimshaw, S ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid receptors; Corpus luteum; FAAH; Follicles

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; DRONABINOL; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; AMIDASE; AMIDE; ARACHIDONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; CNR1 PROTEIN, RAT; CNR2 PROTEIN, RAT; ENDOCANNABINOID; FATTY-ACID AMIDE HYDROLASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; LUTEAL CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; TUNICA ALBUGINEA; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CORPUS LUTEUM; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELLS; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB2; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR MODULATORS; DRONABINOL;

RATTUS;

EID: 77955644245     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21181     Document Type: Article

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