Marijuana compound may offer treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, USF preclinical study finds

Written by Anne DeLotto Baier · August 27, 2014 @ 10:50 am · Filed under Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, College of Pharmacy, Morsani College of Medicine, Research

Tampa, FL (Aug. 27, 2014) – Extremely low levels of the compound in marijuana known as delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, may slow or halt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, a recent study from neuroscientists at the University of South Florida shows.

Findings from the experiments, using a cellular model of Alzheimer’s disease, were reported online in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.

http://hscweb3.hsc.usf.edu/blog/2014/08/27/marijuana-compound-may-offer-treatment-alzheimers-disease-usf-preclinical-study-finds/