Endocannabinoids and Neurodegenerative disorders: Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s chorea, Alzheimer’s disease, and others

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 231, Issue , 2015, Pages 233-259

  Fernández Ruiz, Javier ^a,b,c   Ramos, José A ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO RAMÓN Y CAJAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SANITARIA IRYCIS   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD FRANCISCO DE VITORIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; Cannabinoids; Endocannabinoids; Huntington s disease; Neurodegeneration; Neuroprotection; Parkinson s disease

Indexed keywords

4 [BIS(1,3 BENZODIOXOL 5 YL)HYDROXYMETHYL] 1 PIPERIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID 4 NITROPHENYL ESTER; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOL; DEXANABINOL; ENDOCANNABINOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; N (4 HYDROXYPHENYL)ARACHIDONAMIDE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NABILONE; NABIXIMOLS; TAU PROTEIN; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AUTOPHAGY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYDROLYSIS; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG TOLERABILITY; GLIA CELL; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN HOMEOSTASIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84942522294     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: 18650325     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-20825-1_8     Document Type: Chapter

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