🔬 Science 2d ago · Ben Schamisso, Northwestern University

Why Too Much Cannabis Can Flip an Anxiety Switch in the Brain

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Why Too Much Cannabis Can Flip an Anxiety Switch in the Brain
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For the first time, researchers have identified brain cells that help drive anxiety in mice exposed to cannabinoids. Confronted with a scent derived from fox urine, mice given a synthetic cannabinoid froze more often and spent less time investigating the odor than mice given a placebo. The drug belongs to the same class of substances [...]

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