Monday, February 06, 2006
Regular cannabis use grows new brain cells
 From AXcessNews.com October 15 2005: "Saskatoon, Saskatchewan -- High-dose usage of Cannabis on a regular basis stimulates the growth of brain cells in mice.[...]
Researchers found that cannabinoids promoted generation of new neurons in rats' hippocampuses.
Hippocampuses are the part of the brain responsible for learning and memory.[...]
The study was conducted by the Neuropsychiatry Research Unit at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. Dr. Xia Zhang, an associate professor with the Neuropsychiatry Research Unit and an international team of scientists conducted the study.
Dr. Zhang commented on the chronic use of Marijuana based on the results of their research saying, "Chronic use of marijuana may actually improve learning memory when the new neurons in the hippocampus can mature in two or three months."
The research is to be published in the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
The researchers also noticed that cannabinoids curbed depression and anxiety. Dr. Zhang attributed the findings to a correlation between neurogenesis and mood swings, which would correlate to the feelings of relaxation and euphoria of a marijuana-induced high.
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For centurys marijuana and hashish, a concentrate made from the pollen of the marijuana plants, have been used to treat a variety of ailments from seizures caused by epilepsy to ischemic stroke, cerebral trauma, tumours, multiple sclerosis and a host of other maladies.
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