Endocannabinoids in brain plasticity: Cortical maturation, HPA axis function and behavior

Brain Research

Volumn 1654, Issue , 2017, Pages 157-164

  Dow Edwards, Diana ^a   Silva, Lindsay ^b  

^a Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HPA axis development; PFC prefrontal cortex; Pruning and endocannabinoids; Sex differences; Stress and CB receptors; Stress and CB responses

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; ENDOCANNABINOID;

ADOLESCENCE; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN MATURATION; CANNABIS USE; DRUG ABUSE; EARLY LIFE STRESS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MEMORY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84995377313     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2016.08.037     Document Type: Review

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