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Endocannabinoid involvement in endometriosis.

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Authors: Natalia Dmitrieva, Hiroshi Nagabukuro, David Resuehr, Guohua Zhang, Stacy McAllister, et al
Pain, December 2010
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Endometriosis is a disease common in women that is defined by abnormal extrauteral growths of uterine endometrial tissue and associated with severe pain. Partly because how the abnormal growths become associated with pain is poorly understood, the pain is difficult to alleviat…

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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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