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- Title
Effects of cannabidiol in the treatment of patients with Parkinson’s disease: An exploratory double-blind trial.
- Authors
Chagas, Marcos Hortes N; Zuardi, Antonio W; Tumas, Vitor; Pena-Pereira, Márcio Alexandre; Sobreira, Emmanuelle T; Bergamaschi, Mateus M; dos Santos, Antonio Carlos; Teixeira, Antonio Lucio; Hallak, Jaime EC; Crippa, José Alexandre S
- Abstract
The article discusses a study which investigated the effects of cannabidiol in the treatment of patients with Parkinson's disease. Topics covered include the absence of statistically significant differences in unified Parkinson's disease rating scale scores and plasma brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels, and the possible effect of cannabidiol in improving quality of life measures in Parkinson's disease patients with no psychiatric comorbidities.
- Subjects
CANNABINOIDS; CANNABIS (Genus); HALLUCINOGENIC drugs; TERPENES
- Publication
Journal of Psychopharmacology, 2014, Vol 28, Issue 11, p1088
- ISSN
0269-8811
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0269881114550355