This article was originally published on The Cannabis Community and appears here with permission. The discovery of the Endocannabinoid System (ECS) and its effects on the human body has landed itself ...
In From Bud to Brain, I traced how marijuana research gradually morphed from focusing on the cannabis plant (botany) to exploring the brain’s natural endocannabinoid system (neuroscience) and, ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- A cellular signaling system that responds to THC, the active substance in marijuana, as well as to anandamide, a cannabinoid-like molecule normally produced in the body, may regulate ...
The natural cannabinoids of cannabis, in particular THC, act on the human organism in a way that is similar to the endocannabinoids, endogenous substances that carry out a multitude of functions in ...
A study published in 2019 found lower rates of obesity in people who smoked weed. But that doesn't necessarily mean weed makes you lose weight.
A Chinese research team joined forces with Russian and U.S. biologists to obtain the crystal structure of the human type 2 cannabinoid receptor. Their findings will help develop drugs against ...
A recent study published in the British Journal of Pharmacology looked into how psychedelics like LSD can affect the biological endocannabinoid system, otherwise targeted by cannabis compounds, which ...
A study published in the Journal of Cannabis Research examined the effect of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) on brain recovery following trau | Cannabis Sciences ...
Phytocannabinoids in the form of Cannabis plant is widely consumed by humans. Two of the cannabinoid receptors, CB1 and CB2 are the key targets of this endocannabinoid system. While CB1 is widely ...
Dr. Jie Wu joined Barrow in 1998 as a principal investigator and director of Epilepsy Research. Since 2000 he has overseen several research projects on neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors ...
CBD and THC are both part of the cannabis plant. However, CBD isn't psychoactive like THC is. Here are the differences ...