Marijuana generates problems similar to schizophrenia

• April 27, 2024

The marijuana or cannabis may have medicinal uses, when properly prescribed by a doctor; However, the abuse in their consumption is due to alterations in the concentration and the memory , which can lead to neurophysiological or behavioral problems similar to those of schizophrenia, according to a study published by the Journal of Neuroscience .

In information published by the excelsior.com.mx , it is emphasized that scientists, from Bristol University of Pharmacology , in England, they discovered that the brain activity it becomes uncoordinated and inaccurate during states of mental disturbance.

During the investigation, the negative effects of cannabis on the memory and the thought , which could cause brain networks "unordered". This was done by comparing the functioning of brain waves to that of a large orchestra, in which each of the sections is establishing a certain rhythm and tuning, which allow the processing of information and guide our behavior .

To test the previous theory, the experts injected, to a group of rats, a drug that contained the psychoactive principle of marijuana, to measure its neuronal electrical activity .

Although the effects in the individual regions of the brain were very subtle, the cannabis completely interrupted the brain waves through the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex , as if the sections of an orchestra played out of tune and out of rhythm.

The rats were disoriented when going through a labyrinth in the laboratory and were unable to make adequate decisions.

The scientists explained that brain structures are fundamental for memory and decision-making, in addition, are closely linked in the pathology of schizophrenia .

"Marijuana abuse is common among patients with schizophrenia and recent studies have shown that the psychoactive ingredient of schizophrenia can induce symptoms of schizophrenia in healthy individuals," the experts explained.

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