Dual fatty acid amide hydrolase and monoacylglycerol lipase blockade produces THC-like morris water maze deficits in mice

ACS Chemical Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 369-378

  Wise, Laura E ^a   Long, Kelly A ^a   Abdullah, Rehab A ^a   Long, Jonathan Z ^b   Cravatt, Benjamin F ^b   Lichtman, Aron H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

2 arachidonoylglycerol (2 AG); Cannabinoid; fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH); memory; monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL); N arachidonoylethanolamine (anandamide)

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; ACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; JZL 184; JZL 195; RIMONABANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CEREBELLUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDER; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MORRIS WATER MAZE TASK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

2-ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL (2-AG); CANNABINOID; FATTY ACID AMIDE HYDROLASE (FAAH); MEMORY; MONOACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE (MAGL); N-ARACHIDONOYLETHANOLAMINE (ANANDAMIDE);

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MONOACYLGLYCEROL LIPASES; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

CANNABIS SATIVA; MUS;

EID: 84862101460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cn200130s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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