Overexpression of Cannabinoid CB2 Receptor in the Brain Induces Hyperglycaemia and a Lean Phenotype in Adult Mice

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1106-1119

  Romero Zerbo, S Y ^a   Garcia Gutierrez, M S ^b   Suarez J ^a   Rivera, P ^a   Ruz Maldonado, I ^a   Vida, M ^a   Rodriguez de Fonseca, F ^a   Manzanares, J ^b   Javier Bermudez Silva F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body weight; Cnr2; CNS; Diabetes; Glucose homeostasis

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; GALANIN; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; DNA PRIMERS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; PHENOTYPE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB2; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84863594672     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2012.02325.x     Document Type: Article

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