CBD reduces plaque, improves cognition in model of familial Alzheimer’s

CBD reduces plaque, improves cognition in model of familial Alzheimer's
A high-resolution photo of (from left) Drs. Babak Baban, John Morgan and Hesam Khodadadi. Credit: Kim Ratliff, Augusta University photographer

A two-week course of high doses of CBD helps restore the function of two proteins key to reducing the accumulation of beta-amyloid plaque, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, and improves cognition in an experimental model of early onset familial Alzheimer’s, investigators report.

The proteins TREM2 and IL-33 are important to the ability of the brain’s to literally consume dead cells and other debris like the beta-amyloid plaque that piles up in patients’ brains, and levels of both are decreased in…

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