User:Tkadm30/Notebook/Endocannabinoids

Experiment

1. Observe the properties and chemical reactions of hydrolysis of anandamide ligands in situ.
2. measure blah blah blah

Design

1. Use omega 3 (DHA) fatty acids as substrate for anandamide hydrolisis
2. Protect the hippocampus and neurons from metal-bound electrophilic permutation

Documentation

Protocol:

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23103355
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11470906
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9842734/

Misc:

• http://www.truthonpot.com/2013/07/13/scientists-discover-another-way-marijuana-helps-the-brain-grow/

Anandamide signaling:

• http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ije/2013/361895/

FAAH (fatty acid amide hydrolase):

• http://www.brenda-enzymes.org/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=3.5.1.99

Introduction to fatty amides:

• http://lipidlibrary.aocs.org/Lipids/amides/index.htm