The effect of Anandamide on uterine nitric oxide synthase activity depends on the presence of the blastocyst

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Sordelli, Micaela S ^a   Beltrame, Jimena S ^a   Burdet, Juliana ^b   Zotta, Elsa ^b   Pardo, Romina ^c   Cella, Maximiliano ^a   Franchi, Ana M ^a   Ribeiro, Maria Laura ^a  

^a Centre de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Catedra de Fisiopatologia   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; CYCLOHEXYLCARBAMIC ACID 3' CARBAMOYLBIPHENYL 3 YL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; AMIDE; ARACHIDONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXYL CARBAMIC ACID 3' CARBAMOYLBIPHENYL 3 YL ESTER; CYCLOHEXYL CARBAMIC ACID 3'-CARBAMOYLBIPHENYL-3-YL ESTER; ENDOCANNABINOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DELAYED IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RAT; UTERUS; ANIMAL; BLASTOCYST; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BENZAMIDES; BLASTOCYST; CARBAMATES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB2; UTERUS;

EID: 79955748074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018368     Document Type: Article

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