PTSD Research and CBD (Cannabidiol)
Why Veterans Are Turning to CBD
Epidemic of Post-traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD) No one wants to talk about it, but a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) epidemic has now reached crisis levels among our nation’s service members and veterans. According to a 2014 report by Institute of Medicine (IOM), data from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) showed that the proportion of service members with PTSD increased... ContinueClinical Endocannabinoid Deficiency
Clinical Endocannabinoid Deficiency Could Explain Why You’re Sick Dr. Ethan Russo is one of the world’s foremost experts in cannabis research. Not only is he a board-certified neurologist, psychopharmacology researcher, and an accomplished author in many scientific journals, he’s also the former Senior Medical Advisor to GW Pharmaceuticals – a global leader in the development of cannabis-based medicines. Today, he... ContinueHealing Without The High: The Shift Towards CBD-Rich Strains
Up until very recently, the cannabis world was all about THC. For years, the quality of cannabis for many recreational and medical users was solely dependent on the THC content of that particular strain. As you probably know, the widely shared belief was that higher concentrations equated to better quality and higher potency. In other words, the more THC, the... Continue
PTSD Research Continued
- The endocannabinoid system provides an avenue for evidence-based treatment development for PTSD
- Reductions in circulating endocannabinoid levels in individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder following exposure to the world trade center attacks
- Enhancing cannabinoid neurotransmission augments the extinction of conditioned fear
- Modulation of Fear Memory by Dietary Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids via Cannabinoid Receptors
- CBD blocks long-lasting behavioral consequences of predator threat stress: Possible involvement of 5HT1A receptors
- Stress switches cannabinoid type-1 (CB1) receptor-dependent plasticity from LTD to LTP in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis
- Mitigation of post-traumatic stress symptoms by Cannabis resin: A review of the clinical and neurobiological evidence
- Cannabinoid modulation of fear extinction brain circuits: A novel target to advance anxiety treatment
- The endocannabinoid system and extinction learning
- A current overview of cannabinoids and glucocorticoids in facilitating extinction of aversive memories: potential extinction enhancers
- Cannabinoids and traumatic stress modulation of contextual fear extinction and GR expression in the amygdala-hippocampal-prefrontal circuit
- Non-antidepressant long-term treatment in post-traumatic stress disorder
- The anxiolytic effect of cannabidiol on chronically stressed mice depends on hippocampal neurogenesis: Involvement of the endocannabinoid system
