Structure-Activity Relationships Among N-Arachidonylethanolamine (Anandamide) Head Group Analogues for the Anandamide Transporter
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The postmortal accumulation of brain N-arachidonylethanolamine (anandamide) is dependent upon fatty acid amide hydrolase activity.
N-arachidonylethanolamine (AEA) accumulates during brain injury and postmortem. Because fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) regulates brain AEA content, the purpose of this study was to determine its role in the postmortal accumulation of AEA using FAAH null mice. As expected, AEA content in immediately frozen brain tissue was significantly greater in FAAH-deficient (FAAH-/-) than in wild-type mi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurochemistry
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0022-3042
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.0742597.x