Cannabis Anxiety Traced to Brain's Fear-Center Neurons — SkimNews
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- Cannabinoids may intensify anxiety by removing a natural brake on specific neurons in the brain's fear center, with the effect most pronounced during stressful situations
- Mouse experiments found that shutting down those targeted neurons sharply reduced cannabinoid-related anxious behavior, identifying a concrete neural mechanism behind cannabis-induced anxiety
Why it matters: This mouse study pins cannabis-induced anxiety to a specific set of neurons in the brain's fear center, giving researchers a concrete target for future work into why some cannabis users experience heightened anxiety and how that response might be blocked.
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