Pages

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

University of Copenhagen - Medical cannabis can reduce essential tremor by turning on overlooked cells in the central nervous system

Title:
Medical cannabis can reduce essential tremor by turning on overlooked cells in the central nervous system 
 
Published:
University of Copenhagen, 18 March 2021
 
From the article:
Medical cannabis can reduce essential tremor in mice. By injecting a specific synthetic cannabinoid into the spinal cord of mice suffering from essential tremor, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have shown that the drug can reduce involuntary shaking – as the cannabinoid activates a particular type of cell, the so-called astrocytes.
 
See also
 
Title:
Spinal astroglial cannabinoid receptors control pathological tremor
 
Authors:
Eva Maria Meier Carlsen, Sarah Falk, Urszula Skupio [et al.]
 
Published:
Nature Neuroscience, 18 March 2021