CBD for Parkinson's Disease
WHAT IS PARKINSON’S DISEASE?Parkinson’s disease, or PD, is a neurodegenerative disorder. Parkinson’s disease is a progressive nervous system disorder that affects your movement. |
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Symptoms start gradually, sometimes beginning with a barely noticeable tremor in just one hand. The disorder also commonly causes stiffness or slowing of movement. Less than one percent of people get Parkinson’s. It is more common in men than women.
Science abstracts on Parkinson’s Disease
- Effects of cannabidiol in the treatment of patients with Parkinson’s disease: An exploratory double-blind trial
- Prospects for cannabinoid therapies in basal ganglia disorders
- Evaluation of the neuroprotective effect of cannabinoids in a rat model of Parkinson’s disease: Importance of antioxidant and cannabinoid receptor-independent properties
- Cannabinoids provide neuroprotection against 6-hydroxydopamine toxicity in vivo and in vitro: relevance to Parkinson’s disease
- Cannabidiol can improve complex sleep-related behaviours associated with rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder in Parkinson’s disease patients
- Cannabidiol for the treatment of psychosis in Parkinson’s disease
- Symptom-relieving and neuroprotective effects of the phytocannabinoid Δ⁹-THCV in animal models of Parkinson’s disease
- Therapeutic potential of cannabinoids in CNS disease
- CB2 Receptors Activation Protects against Oxidative Stress and Neuroinflammation Associated Dopaminergic Neurodegeneration in Rotenone Model of Parkinson's Disease
- Neurological aspects of medical use of CBD