Requirement of cannabinoid CB1 receptors in cortical pyramidal neurons for appropriate development of corticothalamic and thalamocortical projections

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 693-706

  Wu, Chia Shan ^a   Zhu, Jie ^a   Wager Miller, Jim ^b   Wang, Shan ^a   O'Leary, Dennis ^c   Monory, Krisztina ^d   Lutz, Beat ^d   MacKie, Ken ^b   Lu, Hui Chen ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

cortex; endocannabinoid system; endocannabinoids; neural circuit; thalamus

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 55; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; THALAMUS;

EID: 77956420080     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07337.x     Document Type: Article

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