Endogenous cannabinoid production in the rat female reproductive tract is regulated by changes in the hormonal milieu

Pharmaceuticals

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 933-949

  Bradshaw, Heather B ^a,b   Allard, Cassandra ^a  

^a Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocannabinoid; Estrous; Female; Ovary; Uterus

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; ANANDAMIDE; ENDOCANNABINOID; N ARACHIDONOYL GLYCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 79960145212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14248247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ph4060933     Document Type: Article

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