Medical marijuana in neurology

• Published in: Expert review of neurotherapeutics Vol. 14; no. 12; p. 1453
• Main Authors: Benbadis, Selim R, Sanchez-Ramos, Juan, Bozorg, Ali, Giarratano, Melissa, Kalidas, Kavita, Katzin, Lara, Robertson, Derrick, Vu, Tuan, Smith, Amanda, Zesiewicz, Theresa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.12.2014
• Subjects: Animals; Clinical Trials as Topic; Disease Models, Animal; Humans; Medical Marijuana - adverse effects; Medical Marijuana - therapeutic use; Nervous System Diseases - drug therapy; Treatment Outcome; epilepsy; marijuana; CBD; multiple sclerosis; headaches; neurology

Constituents of the Cannabis plant, cannabinoids, may be of therapeutic value in neurologic diseases. The most abundant cannabinoids are Δ(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol, which possesses psychoactive properties, and cannabidiol, which has no intrinsic psychoactive effects, but exhibits neuroprotective prop...