The evolution and comparative neurobiology of endocannabinoid signalling

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1607, 2012, Pages 3201-3215

  Elphick, Maurice R ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 AG; Anandamide; Cannabinoid; CRIP1a; Invertebrate; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868147782     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0394     Document Type: Review

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