Cannabinoids

The mysteries of the brain’s own cannabinoid system exposed and explained. Though cannabis has been used, for pain or pleasure, for over 4000 years, only lately have we learned, first, what makes it work and, more recently, how. Unraveling the mystery of the human brain’s special relationship with a psychoactive chemical derived from a plant--tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, specifically--neuroscientist Linda Parker recounts the discovery of the brain’s own THC, called endocannabinoids, and describes the remarkable brain chemical system this discovery revealed. In expert yet accessible terms,

Product details

• Authors: Linda A Parker, Linda A. Parker, Parker Linda A.
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 17.02.2026
• EAN: 9780262051392
• ISBN: 978-0-262-05139-2
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series
• Subjects: MEDICAL / Alternative & Complementary Medicine, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, Popular medicine & health, Neurosciences, complementary medicine, Complementary therapies, healing & health, Complementary therapies, healing and health, Popular medicine and health, HEALTH & FITNESS / Cannabis & CBD, Complementary and alternative medicine and therapies