Low Doses of THC Can Halt Brain Damage

[DeSwiss]

Source: American Friends Tel Aviv University

Extremely low doses of marijuana's psychoactive component protect brain before and after injury, says TAU researcher

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Though marijuana is a well-known recreational drug, extensive scientific research has been conducted on the therapeutic properties of marijuana in the last decade. Medical cannabis is often used by sufferers of chronic ailments, including cancer and post-traumatic stress disorder, to combat pain, insomnia, lack of appetite, and other symptoms.

Now Prof. Yosef Sarne of Tel Aviv University's Adelson Center for the Biology of Addictive Diseases at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine says that the drug has neuroprotective qualities as well. He has found that extremely low doses of THC — the psychoactive component of marijuana — protects the brain from long-term cognitive damage in the wake of injury from hypoxia (lack of oxygen), seizures, or toxic drugs. Brain damage can have consequences ranging from mild cognitive deficits to severe neurological damage.

Previous studies focused on injecting high doses of THC within a very short time frame — approximately 30 minutes — before or after injury. Prof. Sarne's current research, published in the journals Behavioural Brain Research and Experimental Brain Research, demonstrates that even extremely low doses of THC — around 1,000 to 10,000 times less than that in a conventional marijuana cigarette — administered over a wide window of 1 to 7 days before or 1 to 3 days after injury can jumpstart biochemical processes which protect brain cells and preserve cognitive function over time.

This treatment, especially in light of the long time frame for administration and the low dosage, could be applicable to many cases of brain injury and be safer over time, Prof. Sarne says.

Read more: http://www.aftau.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=18625

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- From cars to cancer, from hemp clothing, to brain damage repair, is there nothing this 'lil plant can't do!?!?!

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[TeamPooka]

1. Prohibition is a failed public policy...again. nt

[TexasTowelie]

2. And large doses can make you a genius.

At least that is my fallback position!

[geologic]

3. SAY WHAT???!!!...

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[TexasTowelie]

4. LOL! You might want to keep this phone number handy:

[4_TN_TITANS]

13. Good pic!

Literally rolling in the stuff! Wish I had enough weed to do the same.

[geologic]

16. rollaway--

the dew...

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[Duer 157099]

5. "...within a very short time frame — approximately 30 minutes — before or after injury"

OK someone do the math.

BEFORE! or after.

So, how often should one be intaking THC to prevent possible injury from, say, stroke? Remember, you can prevent it! 30 minutes before.

Stay stoned my friends.

[WheelWalker]

6. Kick

[AtheistCrusader]

7. Now I know how to protect myself the next time I watch the Repub rebuttal to the State of the Union.

Gonna need like.. a whole pound.

[lunatica]

8. I love the good news coming out of the research for this plant

[Anymouse]

9. But note . . .

. . . where the research comes from - Tel Aviv University.

We could be doing this research here, but the government won't permit it. So other nations will do it, and reap the greatest (financial) benefits from any worthwhile discoveries.

While it is interesting to note that Rand Paul is supporting a bill to legalise commercially-grown hemp here, that fight has been fought before, and lost before. If farmers and paper-producers and manufacturers can't even get industrial grade hemp past the DEA, I don't see much in the near term (with the Federal government) for marihuana.

[okaawhatever]

12. Worse yet is that the clinic is owned by Sheldon Adelson, big time neo con who spent almost 200mil

in last election. This clinic, supposedly run by his wife, gave 25 million to Romney. It really is a good news, bad news sort of thing. While I like the research, I wonder if Adelson is planning on trying to corner the market or something like that. He earned his fortune in gambling, so he's not afraid to invest in vices. I think the legalization of pot will be a mixed blessing because people like Adelson and Koch Bros will invest big. It's a multi-billion dollar industry. These wall street types will be all over it.

[Fiendish Thingy]

10. In other news, even small amounts of THC can affect the ability to spell "exist" nt

[Kingofalldems]

11. Kick for good news.

[cstanleytech]

14. Sadly this news is of no use

to the tea party followers as they are now pretty much brain dead due to a lack of oxygen from having their heads firmly planted up inside their butts.

[DeSwiss]

15. It's worth a shot.

- As long as there's one cell left, there's hope! Mother Nature is AWESOME!!!!

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