Treating Alzheimer’s disease using marijuana derivatives and cannabidiol extracts
Treating Alzheimer’s disease with marijuana and related compounds has shown promise in several studies and trials. The beta amyloid protein buildup in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients has been shown to be reduced by the cannabidiol (CBD) compound in marijuana. CBD has also been shown to help in hippocampal neurogenesis, which some studies have shown that this affects memory and also behavior. In communities with poor air quality, there are studies that show air pollution is not only harmful to the lung, but also to the brain, and this produces effects like those seen in Alzheimer’s patients. With the air inversions in Utah producing unhealthy air, these effects could become even more pronounced. Marijuana could become a safe alternative to other drugs without the risks of overdose. Read the National Institute of Health site links below for more information on treating Alzheimer’s with Marijuana.
Terpenoids as Potential Anti-Alzheimer’s Disease Therapeutics
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6268347/
Adult Neurogenesis: Beyond Learning and Memory
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5612417/
Brain inflammation and Alzheimer’s-like pathology in individuals exposed to severe air pollution
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15513908
Neuroprotective effect of cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive component from Cannabis sativa, on beta-amyloid-induced toxicity in PC12 cells
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15030397
Cannabidiol promotes amyloid precursor protein ubiquitination and reduction of beta amyloid expression in SHSY5YAPP+ cells through PPARγ involvement
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24288245
Cannabidiol reduces Aβ-induced neuroinflammation and promotes hippocampal neurogenesis through PPARγ involvement.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22163051
Long-term cannabidiol treatment prevents the development of social recognition memory deficits in Alzheimer’s disease transgenic mice
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25024347
