Depression Research and CBD (Cannabidiol)

• Clinical 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... Continue

• How CBD Can Combat Oxidative Stress
  How CBD Can Combat Oxidative Stress Increasingly, research has shown that cannabinoids like cannabidiol (CBD) can play a major role in the body’s multidimensional biochemical balancing act known as homeostasis. One its most beneficial properties is the potential role in helping the body deal with oxidative stress caused by free radicals. What Are Free Radicals? Free radicals are chemical species... Continue

• The Entourage Effect: How Terpenes Intensify CBD’s Healing Power
  The “Entourage Effect”: How Terpenes Can Intensify CBD’s Healing Power Israeli scientist Raphael Mechoulam has made studying cannabis his life’s work. Starting out as a young postdoctoral student in the 1960s, his research has spanned decades and produced some of the world’s most influential studies on cannabis. For example, in 1963 he determined the structure of cannabidiol (CBD), the non-psychoactive component... Continue

• CBD Migraine Headaches – CBD Oil for Treating Headaches
  The Truth About CBD For Treating Migraine Headaches The World Health Organization places migraine as one of the 20 most disabling medical illnesses on the planet. Migraine sufferers are more likely to have depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, other pain conditions and fatigue. People who have a history of experiencing an aura phase (migraine with changes in vision) have been shown... Continue

• Cannabidiol Myths and Facts – Common CBD Misconceptions
  Myths and Facts About Cannabidiol Recent studies into the diverse pharmacology of canabidiol (CBD) have stunned the medical community. To date, researchers have discovered that CBD, one of the main compounds found in the cannabis sativa plant, can be used to treat a variety of conditions with its analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiemetic, antianxiety, antipsychotic, anticonvulsant, and cytotoxic properties (confined to... Continue

• Top 10 CBD Treatments – Best CBD Therapy
  The top 10 most popular ways to get the most out of your CBD With cannabis preparations running the gamut from plant, to pills, to oils, to edibles and everything else in between, there are now more ways than ever to enjoy the health benefits of CBD. But which preparations are good? Which ones are bad? And what are the... Continue

• How CBD Works – CBD Oil Health Benefits
  CBD is saving lives… Early findings in clinical studies have shown CBD to have a wide range of effects that may be therapeutically useful, including anti-seizure, antioxidant, neuroprotective, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-tumor, anti-psychotic, and anti-anxiety properties. For a growing number of people, CBD is now seen as a miracle cure – a sort of game-changing, non-psychoactive, non-addictive, wonder drug that has... Continue

• NFL Cannabidiol Research – CBD Oil for Brain Injuries
  CBD and Painkiller Addiction in the NFL Rampant abuse prompts ex-players to push for CBD research to treat head trauma. “The reality is, it’s a violent game, and the violent outcome is pain.” Ex-NFL player Kyle Turley Former Denver Broncos QB Jake Plummer recently got vocal about the benefits of CBD for those suffering from brain trauma. Along with a... Continue

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Depression Research Continued

• Endocannabinoid system dysfunction in mood and related disorders
• Antidepressant-Like and Anxiolytic-Like Effects of CBD
• The endocannabinoid system and the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders
• Endocannabinoid signaling in the etiology and treatment of major depressive illness
• Antidepressant-like effects of cannabidiol in mice: Possible involvement of 5-HT1A receptors
• Putative role of endocannabinoid signaling in the etiology of depression and actions of antidepressants
• Antidepressant-like effect of delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol and other cannabinoids isolated from Cannabis sativa
• Circulating endocannabinoids and N-acyl ethanolamines are differentially regulated in major depression and following exposure to social stress
• Serum contents of endocannabinoids are correlated with blood pressure in depressed women
• The therapeutic potential of the endocannabinoid system for the development of a novel class of antidepressants
• Antidepressants and Changes in Concentration of Endocannabinoids and N-Acylethanolamines in Rat Brain Structures

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Conditions that Respond to Cannabidiol