Distribution of the endocannabinoid system in the central nervous system

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 231, Issue , 2015, Pages 59-93

  Shu Jung Hu, Sherry ^a   Mackie, Ken ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CB1 cannabinoid receptor; Immunocytochemistry; In situ hybridization

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; 2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; ACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CAPSAICIN; CHOLECYSTOKININ; COLCHICINE; DIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE ALPHA; DIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BETA; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; ETHANOLAMINE; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; MESSENGER RNA; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 5; MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR; N ACYL PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE PHOSPHOLIPASE D; N ACYLETHANOLAMINE; N ACYLETHANOLAMINE HYDROLYZING ACID AMIDASE; PARVALBUMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR DORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS; AREA POSTREMA; ASTROCYTE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BASAL AMYGDALA; BASAL GANGLION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CINGULATE GYRUS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; COLLICULUS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENDRITIC SPINE; DENTATE GYRUS; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FASTIGIAL NUCLEUS; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; GLIA CELL; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GOLGI COMPLEX; GRANULAR CELL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS THETA RHYTHM; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNEURON; INTERPOSITUS NUCLEUS; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MICROGLIA; MITOCHONDRION; MOTOR CORTEX; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPIL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PHOTORECEPTOR; PONTINE NUCLEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PURKINJE CELL; PUTAMEN; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAPHE NUCLEUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; SECONDARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPINAL GANGLION; STEM CELL; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS RETICULATA; TENIA TECTA; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VENTRAL PALLIDUM; VENTRAL ROOT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHITE MATTER; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; HUMANS; NEURONS; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84942508779     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: 18650325     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-20825-1_3     Document Type: Chapter

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