Stroke & Brain Injuries
Stroke & Brain Injuries
A stroke is a sudden interruption in the blood supply to the brain. Other brain injuries include ischemia, traumatic brain injuries, concussions, brain tumors.
Plant cannabinoids reduce tissue damage and trauma following a closed head injury.
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CBD could protect against hypoxic ischemia, a complication that prevents a baby from getting enough oxygen during birth.
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) leads to numerous problems, including alcoholism and suicide.
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New scientific findings highlight the 28th annual meeting of the International Cannabinoid Research Society.
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Science abstracts on CBD and Stroke & Brain Injuries
- Cannabidiol: Pharmacology and potential therapeutic role in epilepsy and other neuropsychiatric disorders
- Cannabidiol Administration Prevents Hypoxia-Ischemia-Induced Hypomyelination in Newborn Rats.
- High-Dose Cannabidiol Induced Hypotension after Global Hypoxia-Ischemia in Piglets.
- Cannabidiol reduces lung injury induced by hypoxic-ischemic brain damage in newborn piglets.
- Short-term effects of cannabidiol after global hypoxia-ischemia in newborn piglets.
- Neuroprotective Effects of Cannabidiol in Hypoxic Ischemic Insult. The Therapeutic Window in Newborn Mice.
- Protective Effects of Cannabidiol Against Hippocampal Cell Death and Cognitive Impairment Induced by Bilateral Common Carotid Artery Occlusion in Mice
- Repeated treatment with cannabidiol but not Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol has a neuroprotective effect without the development of tolerance
- CBD reduces brain damage and improves functional recovery in a neonatal rat model of arterial ischemic stroke
- CBD reduces neuroinflammation and promotes neuroplasticity and functional recovery after brain ischemia
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