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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