«The impairment of cortical function by ∆ 9 - THC could underlie some of
the cognitive effects of marijuana.
Not exact matches
Other research interests include elucidating the
effects of persistent alcohol and
marijuana use on brain metabolite levels and structural maturation patterns that contribute towards suboptimal
cognitive processing and maintaining drug dependence behaviors.
Notably, the non-psychoactive component
of marijuana, CBD, has been shown to regulate mTOR in a different way than THC, and CBD has been repeatedly shown to induce several health - promoting
effects such as, increasing
cognitive performance in mice.