Rhythmic control of endocannabinoids in the rat pineal gland

Chronobiology International

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 869-874

  Koch, Marco ^a,b   Ferreirós, Nerea ^b,c   Geisslinger, Gerd ^b,c   Dehghani, Faramarz ^a,b   Korf, Horst Werner ^a,b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LOEWE Lipid Signaling Forschungszentrum Frankfurt   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arachidonoyl ethanolamide; Cannabinoid receptor; Diurnal rhythm; Endocannabinoids; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

RATTUS;

AMIDE; ANANDAMIDE; ARACHIDONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ENDOCANNABINOID;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; LIGHT; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; LIGHT; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHOTOPERIOD; PINEAL GLAND; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84937200807     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2015.1041596     Document Type: Article

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