Neural Regeneration Research ›› 2014, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (8): 878-887.doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.131607

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Regulatory effects of anandamide on intracellular Ca2+ concentration increase in trigeminal ganglion neurons

Yi Zhang 1, Hong Xie 2, Gang Lei 3, Fen Li 3, Jianping Pan 3, Changjin Liu 3, Zhiguo Liu 4, Lieju Liu 4, Xuehong Cao 3, 4   

  1. 1 Department of Anesthesiology, Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
    2 Jingzhou Central Hospital, Jingzhou, Hubei Province, China
    3 Department of Physiology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
    4 Department of Bioengineering, Wuhan Institute of Engineering, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
  • Received:2014-03-21 Online:2014-04-25 Published:2014-04-25
  • Contact: Xuehong Cao, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Physiology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, Hubei Province, China; Department of Bioengineering, Wuhan Institute of Engineering, Wuhan 430023, Hubei Province, China, caoxuehong@gmail.com. Lieju Liu, M.D.,Department of Bioengineering, Wuhan Institute of Engineering, Wuhan 430023, Hubei Province, China, liejuliu@gmail.com.
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    This work was supported by NIH, grant No. GM-63577; NNSF, grant No. 30571537, No. 30271500; the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 30271500, 30571537 and 81370246. 2010 National Clinical Key Disciplines Construction Grant from the Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China.

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Key words: nerve regeneration, trigeminal ganglion, neurons, endocannabinoids, anandamide, cannabinoid receptor type 1, voltage-dependent calcium channels, vanilloid receptor, patch-clamp technique, calcium, cyclic adenosine monophosphate protein kinase, protein kinase C, NIH grant, neural regeneration