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An active compound in marijuana called tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) has been found to promote the removal of toxic clumps of amyloid beta protein in the brain, which are thought to kickstart the progression of Alzheimer's disease.
The finding supports the results of previous studies that found evidence of the protective effects of cannabinoids, including THC, on patients with neurodegenerative disease.
"Although other studies have offered evidence that cannabinoids might be neuroprotective against the symptoms of Alzheimer's, we believe our study is the first to demonstrate that cannabinoids affect both inflammation and amyloid beta accumulation in nerve cells," says one of the team, David Schubert from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California.
f you’re not familiar with this special little compound, it’s not only responsible for the majority of marijuana's psychological effects - including the high - thanks to its natural pain-relieving properties, it’s also been touted as an effective treatment for the symptoms of everything from HIV and chemotherapy to chronic pain, post traumatic stress disorder, and stroke.
originally posted by: darkbake
a reply to: cuckooold
Well, according to the research, the weed would have helped against Alzheimer's, not caused it. But this is an area of study that I hope they do more research in to learn more specifics. I am very interested in not getting dementia or Alzheimers when I get older.
originally posted by: Bluntone22
Is there anything weed can't do? Apparently stoners never die.
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
originally posted by: Bluntone22
Is there anything weed can't do? Apparently stoners never die.
Where does it mention stoners ?
originally posted by: Bluntone22
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
originally posted by: Bluntone22
Is there anything weed can't do? Apparently stoners never die.
Where does it mention stoners ?
With all the disease that weed claims to cure, stoners would never get sick. Didn't help bob Marley though.
originally posted by: Bluntone22
Is there anything weed can't do? Apparently stoners never die.
it would be wildly off the mark to assume that, just because A-beta interferes with a valuable neurophysiological process mediated by endocannabinoids, smoking pot would be a great way to counter or prevent A-beta’s nefarious effects on memory and learning ability. Smoking or ingesting marijuana results in long-acting inhibition of interneurons by the herb’s active chemical, tetrahydrocannabinol. That is vastly different from short-acting endocannabinoid bursts precisely timed to occur only when a signal is truly worthy of attention.
“Endocannabinoids in the brain are very transient and act only when important inputs come in,” said Madison, who is also a member of the interdisciplinary Stanford Bio-X institute. “Exposure to marijuana over minutes or hours is different: more like enhancing everything indiscriminately, so you lose the filtering effect. It’s like listening to five radio stations at once.”
Besides, flooding the brain with external cannabinoids induces tolerance — it may reduce the number of endocannabinoid receptors on interneurons, impeding endocannabinoids’ ability to do their crucial job of opening the gates of learning and memory.
originally posted by: Bluntone22
Is there anything weed can't do? Apparently stoners never die.