Identification of the sites of 2-arachidonoylglycerol synthesis and action imply retrograde endocannabinoid signaling at both GABAergic and glutamatergic synapses in the ventral tegmental area.

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Published in Neuropharmacology on June 22, 2007

Authors

Ferenc Mátyás1, Gabriella M Urbán, Masahiko Watanabe, Ken Mackie, Andreas Zimmer, Tamás F Freund, István Katona

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1: Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szigony utca 43, H-1083 Budapest, Hungary.

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