Article
A pharmacogenetic analysis of the effects of tetrahydrocannabinol (delta 9THC) on brain gamma glutamyl transpeptidase.
Neurobehavioral toxicology and teratology - 1 Jan 2000
Reyes E, Jones B C
Abstract excerpt
The effects of oral administration of (-)delta 9 Trans-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) on the membrane bound enzyme, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (gamma-GTP) was studied. Adult male mice were given an oral dose of THC on each of 5 consecutive days in a vehicle of sesame oil, coconut oil and tween. Th...
Topics
- Animals
- Brain
- Corpus Striatum
- Dronabinol
- Genotype
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C3H
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Species Specificity
- gamma-Glutamyltransferase