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ArticlePsychopharmacology2014

Chronic cannabidiol treatment improves social and object recognition in double transgenic APPswe/PS1∆E9 mice.

David Cheng, Jac Kee Low, Warren Logge, Brett Garner, Tim Karl

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Article in Psychopharmacology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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87 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 170 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

David ChengNeuroscience Research Australia, Barker St, Randwick, NSW, 2031, Australia.
Jac Kee Low
Warren Logge
Brett Garner
Tim Karl
Neuroscience Research Australia · AUSchizophrenia Research Institute · AUIllawarra Health and Medical Research Institute · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationalePatients suffering from Alzheimer's disease (AD) exhibit a decline in cognitive abilities including an inability to recognise familiar faces. Hallmark pathological changes in AD include the aggregation of amyloid-β (Aβ), tau protein hyperphosphorylation as well as pronounced neurodegeneration, neuroinflammation, neurotoxicity and oxidative damage.

objectivesThe non-psychoactive phytocannabinoid cannabidiol (CBD) exerts neuroprotective, anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory effects and promotes neurogenesis. CBD also reverses Aβ-induced spatial memory deficits in rodents. MATERIALS AND

methodsThus we determined the therapeutic-like effects of chronic CBD treatment (20 mg/kg, daily intraperitoneal injections for 3 weeks) on the APPswe/PS1∆E9 (APPxPS1) transgenic mouse model for AD in a number of cognitive tests, including the social preference test, the novel object recognition task and the fear conditioning paradigm. We also analysed the impact of CBD on anxiety behaviours in the elevated plus maze.

resultsVehicle-treated APPxPS1 mice demonstrated impairments in social recognition and novel object recognition compared to wild type-like mice. Chronic CBD treatment reversed these cognitive deficits in APPxPS1 mice without affecting anxiety-related behaviours.

conclusionsThis is the first study to investigate the effect of chronic CBD treatment on cognition in an AD transgenic mouse model. Our findings suggest that CBD may have therapeutic potential for specific cognitive impairments associated with AD.

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Social PerceptionAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAnimalsAnxietyCannabidiolConditioning, PsychologicalDisease Models, AnimalExploratory BehaviorFearHumansMaleMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicNeuropsychological TestsNootropic AgentsAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAPP protein, humanCannabidiolNootropic AgentsPresenilin-1PSEN1 protein, human

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PMID24577515
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