UCLA Brain Research Institute
The sale of recreational marijuana to adults became legal in California on January 1, 2018. Since then there has been an explosion of new cannabis (marijuana)-based products on the market. Along with them came unchecked health claims and persuasive advertisements.
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No doubt about it: Brains are cool.
Just ask the 300 local K-12 students who visited the 10th UCLA Brain Awareness Week at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. They got a close-up look at a real human brain -- as well as the brains [...]
Scientists are learning more all the time about the differences between the female and male brain. So it’s perhaps not too surprising to know that athletes of different gender are impacted differently by brain injuries, such as concussions.
Mayumi Prins, a professor of neurosurgery at the David [...]
The UCLA Brain Research Institute, Semel Institute, and UCLA Cannabinoid Affinity Group are proud to present:
Inaugural 2017 UCLA Cannabis Research Symposium
Thu, April 20, 2017
8:00 am – 4:00 pm PDT
Join us for a historic series of talks from visiting speakers and UCLA [...]