Marijuana's Active Ingredient Shown to Inhibit Primary Marker of Alzheimer's Disease
Discovery Could Lead to More Effective Treatments
14-Aug-2006 -
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found that the active ingredient in marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, inhibits the formation of amyloid plaque, the primary pathological marker for Alzheimer's disease. In fact, the study said, THC is "a considerably superior inhibitor of ...
Alzheimer's disease
beta-Amyloid plaques
chemical biology
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