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But can we cure the munchies?

2005-10-14 18:10:35.879969+02 by Dan Lyke 1 comments

Cannabinoids promoted generation of new neurons in rats' hippocampuses. The article quotes Xia Zhang, an associate professor with the Neuropsychiatry Research Unit at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon:

"Chronic use of marijuana may actually improve learning memory when the new neurons in the hippocampus can mature in two or three months," he added.

[ related topics: Drugs Physiology ]

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#Comment Re: made: 2005-10-15 16:03:25.829875+02 by: meuon [edit history]

Q1: How do I get paid to work with "a synthetic substance called HU-210, which is similar, but 100 times as potent as THC", LEGALLY.

Q2: What are all those extra brain cells thinking?

  1. Doritos!
  2. Sex!
  3. Duuuude.. Ya Know?!?
  4. All of the above.

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