hippocampus

Combined Effects of Marijuana and Nicotine on Memory Performance and Hippocampal Volume

Scientific article

14 July 2015

Highlights Examined drug effects of tobacco, marijuana and combined marijuana + nicotine use. Hippocampal volumes were smaller in marijuana users (with or without nicotine). Abnormal brain-behavior relationships in combined marijuana +...

Cannabidiol Regulates Long Term Potentiation Following Status Epilepticus: Mediation by Calcium Stores and Serotonin

Scientific article

6 February 2018

Epilepsy is a devastating disease, with cognitive and emotional consequences that are not curable. In recent years, it became apparent that cannabinoids help patients to cope with epilepsy. We have studied the effects of cannabidiol (CBD)...

Cannabinoid Modulation of the Stressed Hippocampus

Scientific article

19 December 2017

Exposure to stressful situations is one of the risk factors for the precipitation of several psychiatric disorders, including Major Depressive Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Schizophrenia. The hippocampal formation is a...