Biochemistry of the Endogenous Ligands of Cannabinoid Receptors
In 1992 the discovery of the first endogenous ligand of cannabinoid receptors, anandamide, provided conclusive support to the hypothesis that an “endogenous cannabinoid regulatory system” exists in mammalian nervous tissue. Anandamide (N-arachidonoyl-ethanolamine) was the first of a series of long-c...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
1998-12-01
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Series: | Neurobiology of Disease |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996198902145 |