A new cannabis study warns that frequent use of high potency cannabis can cause brain damage and psychosis. This post from The 420 Times reports the findings of researchers from King’s College London and Sapienza University of Rome. A new study out of the UK confirms your instincts. Potent marijuana makes you just a little bit more insane in the membrane. But ... Continue Reading
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STUDY: Linking Binge Alcohol-Induced Neurodamage to Brain Edema and Potential Aquaporin-4 Upregulation: Evidence in Rat Organotypic Brain Slice Cultures and In Vivo
ABSTRACT: Brain edema and derived oxidative stress potentially are critical events in the hippocampal-entorhinal cortical (HEC) neurodegeneration caused by binge alcohol (ethanol) intoxication and withdrawal in adult rats. Edema's role is based on findings that furosemide diuretic antagonizes binge alcohol–dependent brain overhydration and neurodamage in vivo and in rat ... Continue Reading