{"id":234751,"date":"2026-04-07T11:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/cbd-found-to-reverse-brain-damage-in-mouse-model-of-alzheimers-disease"},"modified":"2026-04-07T11:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:07:08","slug":"cbd-found-to-reverse-brain-damage-in-mouse-model-of-alzheimers-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/cbd-found-to-reverse-brain-damage-in-mouse-model-of-alzheimers-disease","title":{"rendered":"CBD found to reverse brain damage in mouse model of Alzheimer\u2019s disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/cbd-found-to-reverse-brain-damage-in-mouse-model-of-alzheimers-disease2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alzheimer\u2019s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive memory loss, cognitive decline, and behavioral changes. The deficits linked to AD are known to result from the abnormal accumulation of proteins, particularly tau and \u03b2-amyloid (A\u03b2) in the brain and between nerve cells, which causes neuroinflammation and can prompt the degradation of brain cells.<\/p>\n<p>The non-psychoactive compound derived from the Cannabis sativa plant, called cannabidiol (CBD), was recently found to show promise for protecting brain cells from damage.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to \u03949-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the compound in cannabis that elicits feelings of euphoria and alters a user\u2019s mental state, CBD is safer and could thus be easier to introduce in clinical settings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alzheimer\u2019s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive memory loss, cognitive decline, and behavioral changes. The deficits linked to AD are known to result from the abnormal accumulation of proteins, particularly tau and \u03b2-amyloid (A\u03b2) in the brain and between nerve cells, which causes neuroinflammation and can prompt the degradation of brain cells. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}