“Neuroscientists have found that a substance similar to the active ingredient in marijuana but produced naturally in the brain helps to control mobility — and may offer a novel target for treating Parkinson’s disease.
The findings by Stanford University researchers, reported in the latest issue of the journal Nature, show how marijuana-like “endocannabinoids” — one of the many chemicals used in the brain to transmit signals — form part of the neural machinery that directs normal physical movement.
A shortage of the endocannabinoids, the scientists found, can knock the system out of balance to produce the characteristic tremor, rigidity and other mobility problems of Parkinson’s disease patients…”
Read more; http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Natural-brain-substance-linked-to-Parkinson-s-2650879.php
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