Clinical Trial: Full-Spectrum Cannabis Extract Improves Core Symptoms of Rett Syndrome and Reduces Caregiver Burden
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Clinical Trial: Full-Spectrum Cannabis Extract Improves Core Symptoms of Rett Syndrome and Reduces Caregiver Burden
The Marijuana Herald - Marijuana news and information A Phase I/II clinical trial published today by the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health has found that NTI164, a low-THC full-spectrum cannabis extract, can significantly improve the core symptoms associated with Rett syndrome (RTT), a rare neurodevelopmental disorder. Conducted over 12 weeks, the open-label trial administered NTI164 to 11 girls between the ages of 5 and 16, each diagnosed…
A team from the University of Valencia (UV) has identified how early stress alters the morphology of immune cells in the brain, microglia, in mice carrying a mutation of the Mecp2 gene associated with Rett syndrome, a rare and very serious neurodevelopmental disease that mainly affects women and causes multiple symptoms, such as loss of speech and intellectual disability. Cell changes occur in a brain region key to the response to pain and stres…
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