Cannabinoids and the Brain /

The author presents a review of the scientific evidence on the effects of cannabinoids on brain and behavioral functioning, with an emphasis on potential therapeutic use. The author reviews the evidence on cannabinoids and anxiety, depression, mood, sleep, schizophrenia, learning and memory, addicti...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Parker, Linda (Linda A.) (Auteur)
Collectivité auteur: M.I.T. Press
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2017]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Nervous system > Degeneration > Treatment.
Marijuana > Therapeutic use.
Cannabis > Therapeutic use.
Cannabinoids.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Neuroscience.
MEDICAL > Pharmacology.
Cannabinoïdes.
Marijuana > Emploi en therapeutique.
Cannabis > Emploi en therapeutique.
Medical Marijuana
Cannabinoids
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:The author presents a review of the scientific evidence on the effects of cannabinoids on brain and behavioral functioning, with an emphasis on potential therapeutic use. The author reviews the evidence on cannabinoids and anxiety, depression, mood, sleep, schizophrenia, learning and memory, addiction, sex, appetite and obesity, chemotherapy-induced nausea, epilepsy, and such neurodegenerative disorders as multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's Disease. Each chapter of the text links the scientific evidence to historical and anecdotal reports of the medicinal use of cannabis.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (248 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780262338448

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