CANNAHealthcare Magazine June / July 2017 | Page 22

In The Clinic

Neuroscience: the Study and

Application of Cannabis Medicines

By: Allan I. Frankel, M.D.

The beginning of neuroscience is considered to have started around 1700BC when the first writings making reference to the brain occurred. This early reference has developed into the 17 branches of modern neuroscience studies.

The first cannabinoid was isolated in 1964, followed by the identification of the first cannabinoid receptor in the brain of a rat in 1988, and the first endocannabinoid in 1992.

Needless to say, neurosciences related to the study of cannabinoids and the endocannabinoid system has a ways to go to catch up.

Studies of the effects, actions and interactions of cannabinoids and the endocannabinoid system are progressing across multiple scientific disciplines around the world. The endocannabinoid system’s exchanges with every other system and condition of the human body affect so many of us therefore understanding is key.

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