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fatty acid amide hydrolase

Known as: anandamide hydroxylase, oleamide hydrolase, arachidonylethanolamide hydroxylase 
National Institutes of Health

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Amidohydrolases
FAAH gene

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Faah protein, rat

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Anxiolytic Effects in Mice of a Dual Blocker of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase and Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid Type-1 Channels
The endocannabinoid-inactivating enzyme, fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), and the transient receptor potential vanilloid type-1… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Targeting Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase (FAAH) to Treat Pain and Inflammation
The endogenous cannabinoid N-arachidonoyl ethanolamine (anandamide; AEA) produces most of its pharmacological effects by binding… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase: From Characterization to Therapeutics
Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) is an integral membrane enzyme within the amidase‐signature family that terminates the action… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Discovery of a potent, selective, and efficacious class of reversible alpha-ketoheterocycle inhibitors of fatty acid amide hydrolase effective as analgesics.
Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) degrades neuromodulating fatty acid amides including anandamide (endogenous cannabinoid agonist… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Fatty acid amide hydrolase controls mouse intestinal motility in vivo.
BACKGROUND & AIMS Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) catalyzes the hydrolysis both of the endocannabinoids (which are known to… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Comparative analysis of fatty acid amide hydrolase and cb1 cannabinoid receptor expression in the mouse brain: evidence of a widespread role for fatty acid amide hydrolase in regulation of…
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Characterization and manipulation of the acyl chain selectivity of fatty acid amide hydrolase.
Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) is a mammalian integral membrane enzyme that catabolizes several neuromodulatory fatty acid… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
The palmitoylethanolamide and oleamide enigmas : are these two fatty acid amides cannabimimetic?
Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) and oleamide are two fatty acid amides which 1) share some cannabimimetic actions with delta9… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Substrate specificity and stereoselectivity of rat brain microsomal anandamide amidohydrolase.
Anandamide amidohydrolase (AAH) catalyzes the hydrolysis of arachidonylethanolamide (anandamide), an endogenous cannabinoid… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Arachidonoylserotonin and other novel inhibitors of fatty acid amide hydrolase.
Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) catalyzes the hydrolysis of bioactive fatty acid amides and esters such as the endogenous… 
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