Marijuana and brain health: hippocampal injury, protection and recoveryMurat Yucel
The use of marijuana, medically known ascannabis, is gaining popularity across the U.S. as more states legalize it for recreational and medical use. However, how marijuana affects the heart and brain health is still not completely known. Two new studies, by separate research groups, shed li...
Regular marijuana use during teenage years can make the brain more vulnerable to addiction and experimenting with other drugs later in life. Learn more about the dangers of kids smoking weed “There are suggestions that cannabis can have a longer-lasting impact on the health of adolescents given ...
The history of marijuana goes back for thousands of years. It was only made illegal in many countries during the 20th century. In the past 20 years in the United States, the legalization pros and cons of medical marijuana have been intensely debated as it has become legal to use in 20 st...
Marijuana and Health in 1982. Heath’s work was sharply criticized for its insufficient sample size (only four monkeys), its failure to control experimental bias, and the misidentification of normal monkey brain structure as “damaged”. Actual studies of human populations of marijuana users have ...
It messes with your mind while you’re high, but how does weed affect your brain in the long run?
In this episode, I discuss cannabis (aka marijuana), including the biological mechanisms underlying its effects on the mind and body, its known medical applications, its impact on libido, creativity, hunger, hormones and more. I also cover the known adverse health consequences of chronic and even...
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have a smaller-than-usual orbitofrontal cortex, a region in the frontal lobes of the brain that is involved in decision-making and assessing the expected rewards or punishments of an action, said study author Francesca Filbey, from the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at ...
"Approximately 70 percent of individuals who use marijuana also use tobacco," said Dr. Francesca Filbey, the study's principal investigator and director of cognitive neuroscience of addictive behaviors at the Center for BrainHealth. "Our findings exemplify why the effects of marijuana on the brain...