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Neuroimaging study sheds new light on how a dose of THC changes the brain
New neuroimaging research provides new insight into how tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the main psychoactive compound in cannabis, affects the human brain. The study found that THC increases glutamate concentrations in the striatum, a major brain structure involved in the coordination of body movement, decision-making and the initiation of action.
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"THC intoxication was associated with functional connectivity alterations in the brain, which in turn were associated with decreased performance on an attention"...Oh really? I wonder how much this research cost. I guess the imaging is interesting. Or maybe i'm reading it wrongly, what they're actually saying is that it doesn't give you blocked arteries nor damages your liver and if you can remember to bake with or make tea with it instead of smoking it, it won't contribute to COPD or lung cancer either.