A collaborative research effort involving researchers from York University, the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, and Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will study ...
When faced with chronic stress, why do some people develop anxiety and depressive symptoms while others show resilience? The results of studies in mice, headed by researchers at Université Laval, ...
A receptor that cannabis latches onto in the brain could be a promising target for future mental health treatments. Experiencing chronic stress is known to leave people vulnerable to depression or ...
When you're under stress, your brain may release its own cannabinoid molecules to calm you, activating the same brain receptors as THC derived from cannabis plants. But the brain activity regulated by ...
The first thing that comes to mind for most people when thinking about the term cannabinoid is the best-known representative of the substance group—tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. THC is the principal ...
A cannabinoid our bodies produce naturally has been found, in a new study, to play a role in the inappropriate regulation of fear responses characteristic of conditions like anxiety and PTSD. The ...
When faced with chronic stress, why do some people develop anxiety and depressive symptoms while others show resilience? A protein that acts as a cannabinoid receptor and is present in the structure ...
The psychotropic properties of the cannabis plant have been known to humans for thousands of years. It’s only during the past few decades that the medicinal properties of cannabinoids have been ...
Over several decades, researchers have identified more than 140 active compounds, called cannabinoids, in the cannabis plant. Lauren DeCicca / Getty Images The 1960s was a big decade for cannabis: ...