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ReviewJournal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996)2024

Therapeutic use of medical Cannabis in neurological diseases: a clinical update.

Ute Hidding, Tina Mainka, Carsten Buhmann

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. Ageing, Neurodegeneration and the Endocannabinoid System.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2026
    Review
  4. The Use of Cannabis-Based Medicine in Selected Neurological Disorders.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2026
    Review
  5. Evidence synthesis of medical cannabis research: current challenges and opportunities.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2025
    Review
  6. Review
  7. Review
  8. Current and Potential Use of Biologically Active Compounds Derived fromInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024
    Review
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ute HiddingDepartment of Neurology, University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8016-1821
Tina MainkaDepartment of Neurology and Experimental Neurology at the Charité, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0597-2648
Carsten BuhmannDepartment of Neurology, University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany. buhmann@uke.de.ORCID 0000-0001-8540-3789
Universität Hamburg · DEBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of medical Cannabis has increased in recent years due to changing legal circumstances in many countries. Approval exists only for a few neurological conditions such as rare forms of epilepsy or spasticity in multiple sclerosis. Beyond that, however, medical Cannabis is used for a wide range of neurological conditions and symptoms. In Germany, in parallel with new legislation that has simplified the prescription of medical Cannabis, an accompanying survey has been implemented for which initial data are now available. In this context, our review provides an overview of the evidence for the therapeutic use of medical Cannabis in neurology, the potential benefits, and side effects.

Indexed as

EpilepsyMedical MarijuanaMultiple SclerosisGermanyHumansMuscle SpasticityMedical MarijuanaCannabinoidsCannabisNeurological diseasesNeurologyTHC

Identifiers

PMID38015317
PMCPMC10791790
OpenAlexW4389083485

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