Genetic models of the endocannabinoid system

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 111-139

  Monory, Krisztina ^a   Lutz, Beat ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Compensatory mechanism; Conditional knockout; Cre recombinase; Cre loxP system; Experimental design; Gene targeting; Knockout technology

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79952111354     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-88955-7_5     Document Type: Article

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