The endocannabinoid system in guarding against fear, anxiety and stress

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 705-718

  Lutz, Beat ^a   Marsicano, Giovanni ^b,c   Maldonado, Rafael ^d   Hillard, Cecilia J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOCANNABINOID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANXIETY DISORDER; ASTROCYTE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BEHAVIOR; BIOENERGY; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); COPING BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS; STRIA TERMINALIS; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ANXIETY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERAPY;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FEAR; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84947923864     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn4036     Document Type: Review

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