Interplay of cannabinoid 2 (CB2) receptors with nitric oxide synthases, oxidative and nitrative stress, and cell death during remote neurodegeneration

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 347-351

  Pacher, Pál ^a   Mackie, Ken ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 3 (1 NAPHTHOYL) 1 PROPYLINDOLE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL DEATH; CEREBELLECTOMY; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MICROGLIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NITRATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROKE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB2;

EID: 84862547245     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: 14321440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-012-0884-1     Document Type: Article

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