Enzymatic Pathways That Regulate Endocannabinoid Signaling in the Nervous System

Overview

Journal Chem Rev

Publisher American Chemical Society

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2008 Apr 24

PMID 18429637

Citations 266

Authors

Kay Ahn

Michele K McKinney

Benjamin F Cravatt

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