About the Authors
- Sofia Sisay
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Contributed equally to this work with: Sofia Sisay, Gareth Pryce
Affiliation Neuroimmunology, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
- Gareth Pryce
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Contributed equally to this work with: Sofia Sisay, Gareth Pryce
Affiliation Neuroimmunology, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
- Samuel J. Jackson
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Affiliation Neuroimmunology, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
- Carolyn Tanner
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Affiliation School of Medical Science, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- Ruth A. Ross
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Affiliations School of Medical Science, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Gregory J. Michael
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Affiliation Neuroimmunology, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
- David L. Selwood
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Affiliation Biological and Medical Chemistry, the Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Gavin Giovannoni
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Affiliation Neuroimmunology, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
- David Baker
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* E-mail: david.baker@qmul.ac.uk
Affiliation Neuroimmunology, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
Some of authors are named inventors on a patent (Masahiro O, Selwood D, Visintin C, Baker D, Pryce G. Modulators of cannabinoid receptors. WO2004100893) related to (R)3-(5-dimethylcarbamoyl-pent-1-enyl)-N-(2-hydroxy-1-methyl-ethyl) benzamide. Selwood D,Baker D and Giovannoni G are shareholders and consultants to Canbex Ltd, which is University Spin-out Company, aimed at exploiting the intellectual property within W02004100893. Pryce G is a shareholder from Canbex Ltd. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SS GP SJJ RAR GJM DLS GG DB. Performed the experiments: SS GP SJJ CT DLS DB. Analyzed the data: SS GP CT RAR DB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS GP RAR DLS DB. Wrote the manuscript: SS GP DB. Initial Concepts: DB GP SJJ DLS. Obtained funding: DB GG SJJ DLS. Screening mice: SS SJJ GJM GP DB. In vivo Experiments: SS GP DB. Immunoassays: SS DB. Vas Deferens Assays: CT RAR. Draft Initial Manuscript: SS GP DB. Final Manuscript: SS GP SJJ CT RAR GJM DLS GG DB.