Lawrence Marnett, Ph.D., and Sachin Patel, M.D., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Medical Center (IMAGE)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Lawrence Marnett, Ph.D., and Sachin Patel, M.D., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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Lawrence Marnett, Ph.D., (left) and Sachin Patel, M.D., Ph.D., have discovered that chemically modified inhibitors of the COX-2 enzyme relieve anxiety behaviors in mice by activating natural "endocannabinoids" without gastrointestinal side effects.

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