High-dose cannabis stimulates growth of brain

LAUGHING ROCK 2005-10-14 23:00:01

"The study emerged from the recent discovery that, unlike other parts of the
brain, the hippocampus can generate neurons throughout the lifespan of
mammals, including humans.

Natural selection has conserved cannabinoid receptors in animals that have
been separated by evolution for 500 million years, suggesting they have an
important biological role. Cannabinoids appear to alter the effects of pain,
nausea, tumours, sclerosis and other disorders in both animals and humans,
the team says"

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article319502.ece

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