Positive Marijuana Research Database
According to this Science Daily piece, excitotoxicity can be involved in neurological diseases such as Multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Fibromyalgia, Parkinson’s disease, and Huntington’s disease. Excitotoxicity is a term used to explain the chemical events that cause nerve cell damage and death. Sometimes the source of the chemical problem is in […]
Neurodegenerative diseases are typically associated with inflammation in the brain. Although unclear as to why, inflammation often damages proteins that get “sticky and twisted”, described as plaque and neurofibrillary tangles. This process in most age-dependent neurodegenerative diseases leads to nerve cell death and there are no current (synthetic) medications which effectively inhibit that cell death […]
Marijuana (cannabis) has been used for thousands of years for medicinal purposes, and following centuries of breeding, there are now over 700 varieties that contain hundreds of compounds, primarily cannabinoids and terpenes. Cannabinoids are fatty compounds which are the primary biologically active compounds, and terpenes are volatile plant compounds that are noted for their distinct […]