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Multiple roles for the endocannabinoid system during the earliest stages of life: pre- and postnatal development.

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Authors: Ester Fride
Journal of Neuroendocrinology, May 2008
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The endocannabinoid system, including its receptors (CB(1) and CB(2)), endogenous ligands (‘endocannabinoids’), synthesising and degrading enzymes, as well as transporter molecules, has been detected from the earliest stages of embryonic development and throughout pre- and pos…

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The endocannabinoid-CB(1) receptor system in pre- and postnatal life.

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Authors: Ester Fride
European Journal of Pharmacology, October 2004
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Recent research suggests that the endogenous cannabinoids (“endocannabinoids”) and their cannabinoid receptors have a major influence during pre- and postnatal development. First, high levels of the endocannaboid anandamide and cannabinoid receptors are present in the preimpla…

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