Consequences of early life stress on the expression of endocannabinoid- related genes in the rat brain

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 547-556

  Marco, Eva M ^a   Echeverry Alzate, Victor ^b   López Moreno, Jose Antonio ^b   Giné, Elena ^a   Peñasco, Sara ^a   Viveros, Maria Paz ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Campus de Somosaguas   (Spain)

Author keywords

adolescent; cannabinoid; maternal deprivation; polymerase chain reaction; rat; stress

Indexed keywords

ACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ENDOCANNABINOID; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CNR1 GENE; CNR2A GENE; CNR2B GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; COX 2 GENE; DAGLA GENE; DAGLB GENE; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FAAH GENE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GPR55 GENE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAGL GENE; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NAPE PLD GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REARING; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRPV1 GENE; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; RATS, WISTAR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84906046790     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: 14735849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FBP.0000000000000068     Document Type: Article

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