Table 1.

Endogenous levels of AEA and 2-AG, activity of PLD, of the AMT, and of the FAAH, and binding of AEA and CP55,940 in the striatum of rats

	Endogenous levels of AEA1-a	Endogenous levels of 2-AG1-a	PLD activity1-b	AMT activity1-c	FAAH activity1-d	Binding of AEA1-e	Binding of CP55,9401-f
Naive	250  ± 20	1250  ± 120	320  ± 32	90  ± 10	470  ± 50	150  ± 15	114  ± 11
6-OHDA lesioned	750  ± 80*	1300  ± 125	350  ± 35	35  ± 4*	180  ± 20*	167  ± 16	130  ± 12

^F1-aExpressed as picomoles per milligram of protein.

^F1-bExpressed as picomoles per minute per milligram of protein (substrate was 10 μm1,2-dioleoyl-3-phosphatidyl-[2-¹⁴C]ethanolamine).

^F1-cExpressed as picomoles per minute per milligram of protein (substrate was 400 nm[³H]AEA).

^F1-dExpressed as picomoles per minute per milligram of protein (substrate was 5 μm[³H]AEA).

^F1-eExpressed as femtomoles per milligram of protein (ligand was 200 pm[³H]AEA).

^F1-fExpressed as femtomoles per milligram of protein (ligand was 200 pm[³H]CP55,940).

^*p <0.01 compared with control (n= 4).