Cannabidiol effects in the prepulse inhibition disruption induced by amphetamine.

“Drugs that facilitate dopaminergic neurotransmission such as amphetamine induce PPI disruption in human and rodents.

Clinical and neurobiological findings suggest that the endocannabinoid system and cannabinoids may be implicated in the pathophysiology and treatment of schizophrenia.

Cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychotomimetic constituent of the Cannabis sativa plant, has also been reported to have potential as an antipsychotic.

Our aim was to investigate if CBD pretreatment was able to prevent PPI disruption induced by amphetamine…

Pretreatment with CBD attenuated the amphetamine-disruptive effects…

These results corroborate findings indicating that CBD induces antipsychotic-like effects.

In addition, they pointed to the nucleus accumbens as a possible site of these effects.”

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25943166

http://www.thctotalhealthcare.com/category/schizophrenia/

 

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