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More From Meredith Patterson, GB Sciences' Brain Nurse, As She Examines the Workings of CBD
More From Meredith Patterson, GB Sciences' Brain Nurse, As She Examines the Workings of CBD.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nMore From Meredith Patterson, GB Sciences' Brain Nurse, As She Examines the Workings of CBD\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore From Meredith Patterson, GB Sciences' Brain Nurse, As She Examines the Workings of CBD\nCurious about the medical properties of cannabis, Meredith Patterson RN, BSN, CRRN aka \"the brain nurse\", provides a \"tour guide through the lobes\" as she writes a series of popular science cannabis blogs for GB Sciences.\nPR Newswire\nLAS VEGAS, Nov. 14, 2018\n\n\n\nLAS VEGAS, Nov. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- GB Sciences, Inc. (OTCQB: GBLX) offers a series of blogs by \"the brain nurse\", Meredith Patterson RN, BSN, CRRN.  In her over 25yrs of experience in neuroscience nursing, Meredith has always paid close attention to her patients. She listens to them; she learns from them; and then she searches for answers to their questions and her own.  It was the process of learning and listening that first made her curious about cannabis.  How could a drug so vilified treat such a wide array of disorders from Parkinson's to chronic pain?\nExperience the interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/players/English/8308956-gb-sciences-meredith-patterson-weed-nurse-science-of-cbd/\nCBD & Pain Relief Via a Receptor Called Vanilloid \nOne such CBD receptor is \"TRPV1\" which is the technical abbreviation for \"transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V.\"  Now that's quite a mouthful so I prefer another known name for the same receptor – Vanilloid –so dubbed because it has similar effects to the vanilla bean.  Vanilla contains eugenol, an essential oil that has antiseptic and analgesic properties.  When CBD binds with TPRV1 (aka the Vanilloid receptor) a process is activated to mediate pain perception, inflammation and body temperature. \nSo, the pain relief that CBD is known for is not because of the direct ingestion of the cannabinoid but in the way that it interacts with particular receptors.   As you might expect, researchers and CBD consumers ar...