{"id":11948,"date":"2018-11-08T10:02:48","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T15:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11948"},"modified":"2018-11-08T10:03:04","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T15:03:04","slug":"active-ingredient-in-marijuana-reduced-alzheimers-like-effects-in-mice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11948","title":{"rendered":"Active Ingredient In Marijuana Reduced Alzheimer&#8217;s-Like Effects In Mice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Jon Hamilton for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>A substance that gives pot its kick appears to reduce the brain changes associated with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease \u2013 at least in mice.<\/p>\n<p>In mice that had been genetically tweaked to develop symptoms like those of Alzheimer&#8217;s, animals that received a synthetic form of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tetrahydrocannabinol\">tetrahydrocannabinol<\/a>\u00a0for six weeks performed as well as healthy mice on a memory test, scientists\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/file\/\/\/C:\/Users\/shensley\/Downloads\/SFN18_Abstract%20PDFs%20-%20Posters_Tue_4_AM.pdf\">reported Tuesday<\/a>\u00a0at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2018\/11\/07\/665283718\/active-ingredient-in-marijuana-reduced-alzheimers-like-effects-in-mice?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=67337915&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_QoH1FxcIr0FtMbxdxM8_7mi8DQF2gkczZk1mSO-QmsQxRWvFsJ1k94N-bUXWUE41zs7E-2QxHcGsXlLsr1y0yJGPNPw&amp;_hsmi=67337915\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) A substance that gives pot its kick appears to reduce the brain changes associated with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alzheimersdementia","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11948"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11949,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11948\/revisions\/11949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}