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Published online 13 October 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news051010-12
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Marijuana may make your brain grow
Cannabinoid injections sprout new neurons in mice.
Most addictive drugs inhibit the growth of new brain cells. But injections of a cannabis-like chemical seem to have the opposite effect in mice, according to new research.
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