THC Can Halt Brain Damage, Study Suggests

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Title: Low Doses of THC (Cannabis) Can Halt Brain Damage, Study Suggests
Date: May 30, 2013
From: Science Daily
URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130530132531.htm

The drug has neuroprotective qualities as well. [Yosef Sarne of Tel Aviv University] has found that extremely low doses of THC -- the psychoactive component of marijuana -- protects the brain from long-term cognitive damage in the wake of injury from hypoxia (lack of oxygen), seizures, or toxic drugs. Brain damage can have consequences ranging from mild cognitive deficits to severe neurological damage.

Previous studies focused on injecting high doses of THC within a very short time frame -- approximately 30 minutes -- before or after injury. Prof. Sarne's current research, published in the journals Behavioural Brain Research and Experimental Brain Research, demonstrates that even extremely low doses of THC -- around 1,000 to 10,000 times less than that in a conventional marijuana cigarette -- administered over a wide window of 1 to 7 days before or 1 to 3 days after injury can jumpstart biochemical processes which protect brain cells and preserve cognitive function over time.

Citation: Miriam Fishbein, Sahar Gov, Fadi Assaf, Mikhal Gafni, Ora Keren, Yosef Sarne. Long-term behavioral and biochemical effects of an ultra-low dose of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC): neuroprotection and ERK signaling. Experimental Brain Research, 2012; 221 (4): 437 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-012-3186-5

 

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Title: Low Doses of THC (Cannabis) Can Halt Brain Damage, Study Suggests
Date: May 30, 2013
From: Science Daily
URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130530132531.htm

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Citation: Miriam Fishbein, Sahar Gov, Fadi Assaf, Mikhal Gafni, Ora Keren, Yosef Sarne. Long-term behavioral and biochemical effects of an ultra-low dose of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC): neuroprotection and ERK signaling. Experimental Brain Research, 2012; 221 (4): 437 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-012-3186-5

 

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