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ReviewRevista de neurologia2022

The role of cannabinoids in neurodevelopmental disorders of children and adolescents.

F Dias-de Freitas, S Pimenta, S Soares, D Gonzaga, I Vaz-Matos, C Prior

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In one paragraph

Review in Revista de neurologia, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. The effects of cannabidiol and its main metabolites on human neural stem cells.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2025
    Article
  4. The Use of Compounds Derived fromInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024
    Review
  5. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

F Dias-de FreitasHospital da Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães, Portugal.
S PimentaCentro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa, Penafiel, Portugal.
S SoaresCentro Materno-Infantil do Norte, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
D GonzagaCentro Materno-Infantil do Norte, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
I Vaz-MatosCentro Materno-Infantil do Norte, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
C PriorCentro Materno-Infantil do Norte, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Centro Hospitalar do Porto · PTCentro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa · PTHospital da Senhora da Oliveira Guimarães · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionNeurodevelopmental disorders have a multifactorial etiology that results from the interaction between biological and environmental factors. The biological basis of many of these disorders is only partially understood, which makes therapeutic interventions, especially pharmacological ones, particularly difficult. The impact of medical cannabis on neurological and psychiatric disorders has been studied for a long time. This study aimed to review the currently available clinical and pre-clinical studies regarding the use of cannabinoids in pediatric neurodevelopmental disorders and to draw attention to the potential therapeutic role of cannabidiol in this field. DEVELOPMENT: Cannabidiol is an endocannabinoid system modulator and exerts its effects on both developing and mature brains through numerous mechanisms. Cannabidiol holds a relatively high toxicity limit and current literature suggests that it may have anxiolytic, antipsychotic, and neuroprotective properties. Clinical evidence suggests that early treatment with cannabidiol might be a promising therapy for neurodevelopmental disorders, including intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorders, tics, and attention/deficit hyperactivity disorder.

conclusionsThis review hopefully draws attention to an emerging body of evidence concerning cannabidiol's significant potential to safely improve many of the common symptoms affecting children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders, especially autism spectrum disorder.

Indexed as

Anti-Anxiety AgentsAntipsychotic AgentsAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityAutism Spectrum DisorderCannabidiolCannabinoidsMedical MarijuanaNeurodevelopmental DisordersAdolescentChildEndocannabinoidsHumansAnti-Anxiety AgentsAntipsychotic AgentsCannabidiolCannabinoidsEndocannabinoidsMedical Marijuana

Identifiers

PMID36169325
PMCPMC10280762
OpenAlexW4297461542

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Registered trials

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