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Marijuana
gives a boost to your brain!
Washington: Here is good news for
the medical marijuana movement. A new study published in the recent
issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation has shown that a potent
and synthetic cannabinoid promotes neurogenesis - the process of generation
of new neurons in the brain. According to Xia Zhang and colleagues from
University of Saskatchewan this drug also exerts anti-anxiety and antidepressant-like
effects. The researchers suggest that there is a positive correlation
between increased adult neurogenesis and modified behavior following
chronic cannabinoid treatment. These data expand the existing knowledge
about the positive roles cannabinoids and their receptors play in brain
processing and medicine. Moreover, cannabinoids are perhaps the only
illicit drug that can enhance adult neurogenesis and subsequently modify
behavior.
Oct 14, 2005
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