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Northwestern School of Medicine: Your Body's Own Cannabinoid Molecules Calm You During Stress
September 13, 2023
CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 13 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine issued the following news release:

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Scientists discover how stress activates the same receptors as THC

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When you are under stress, your brain may release its own cannabinoid molecules to calm you down, activating the same brain receptors as THC derived from cannabis plants.

But the brain activity patterns and neural circuits . . .

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