Distribution of CB2 cannabinoid receptor in adult rat retina

Synapse

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 388-392

  López, Ester M ^a   Tagliaferro, Patricia ^a   Onaivi, Emmanuel S ^b   López Costa, Juan J ^a  

^a Facultad de Medicina   (Argentina)

^b WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid receptor; CB2; Rat; Retina

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR INNER SEGMENT; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB2; RETINA;

EID: 79952229520     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.20856     Document Type: Article

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