by idgadvertisingold | Oct 9, 2015 | Endocannabinoid System, Medicine, Research, Science
Today we’re introducing a new feature of the Cornerstone blog – “1:1” featuring interviews from top scientists and engineers on the leading edge of cannabinoid and endocannabinoid research. This feature is intended to allow readers to hear directly from...
by idgadvertisingold | Sep 23, 2015 | Anandamide, Endocannabinoid System, Science
In general, research into the body’s endocannabinoid system proceeds via administering a substance like a cannabinoid or another drug, and recording the impact of that administration on a specific behavior or physiological process. However, few experiments consider...
by idgadvertisingold | Sep 18, 2015 | CBD, Endocannabinoid System, Science
Critics of medical cannabis use often bring up the association between cannabis use and mental illness. In this context, the implication is almost always that cannabis use is unsafe and can exacerbate or initiate psychotic symptoms in both healthy and afflicted...
by idgadvertisingold | Aug 12, 2015 | Endocannabinoid System, THCA
For readers of the blog, we’ve always broken the endocannabinoid system down as follows: cannabinoids (from plants, labs, or produced in the human body) cannabinoid receptors (two kinds, CB1 and CB2) enzymes that break down cannabinoids Readers will therefore be...
by idgadvertisingold | Aug 10, 2015 | Endocannabinoid System, Science, THC
Up to this point, we haven’t spoken much of the body’s own endocannabinoids. As a quick refresher, the endocannabinoid system consists of receptors and enzymes that metabolize any cannabinoids bonding to those receptors. However, our cannabinoid receptors do not exist...
by idgadvertisingold | Jul 28, 2015 | Endocannabinoid System, Medicine, Science
These are exciting times for a cannabinoid researcher; new information must constantly be integrated with the growing body of knowledge surrounding the endocannabinoid system. At times, that new information can even flip our understanding of the system on its head....