{"id":8647,"date":"2019-03-07T04:33:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T04:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/?p=3378651"},"modified":"2019-03-07T04:33:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T04:33:17","slug":"boulder-company-conducting-study-on-effects-of-cbd-on-brain-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/boulder-company-conducting-study-on-effects-of-cbd-on-brain-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Boulder company conducting study on effects of CBD on brain injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/boulder-company-conducting-study-on-effects-of-cbd-on-brain-injury\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<p>Boulder-based Real-Time Diagnostics Ventures Inc. is conducting a first-of-its kind study in the United States to assess the role of plant-derived hemp supplements containing CBD in recovery from traumatic brain injury.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2815534\"><img class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/boulder-company-conducting-study-on-effects-of-cbd-on-brain-injury.jpg\" width=\"1200\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/boulder-company-conducting-study-on-effects-of-cbd-on-brain-injury.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/boulder-company-conducting-study-on-effects-of-cbd-on-brain-injury.jpg 620w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.denverpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cbd_luckys_market_10062017vc08072ab.jpg?fit=310%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 310w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<p>Vince Chandler, The Denver Post<\/p>\n<p>Bottles of hemp-derived extracts labeled CBD oil are on display at the Lucky\u2019s Market on Oct. 6, 2017, in Boulder.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p>The study grew from anecdotal evidence about improved pain relief and better sleep that some varieties of hemp strains are said to provide. It is sponsored by\u00a0Boulder\u2019s Flowering Hope Foundation, a nonprofit that supports the medicinal use of plant-derived cannabinoids, and\u00a0Clover Leaf University,\u00a0which works to create safety procedures and compliant business training programs specific to the cannabis industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are no studies for plant-derived cannabinoids for brain injuries,\u201d said Don Cooper, principal investigator, co-founder and president of Real-Time Diagnostics Ventures Inc., who has a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Chicago Medical School. There is preclinical data showing that phytocannabinoids are neuroprotective and may help restore neuronal function after brain injury, Cooper said.<\/p>\n<p>His simple observational study will evaluate adult subjects taking plant-derived cannabinoid supplements as they recover from brain injury.<\/p>\n<p>The study will have two groups of 20 subjects, both ranging in age from 18- and 55-year-olds, each taking some kind of plant-derived cannabinoid supplements on a regular basis: one will be a test group of adults recovering from a brain injury and the other will be a control group of supplement users without brain injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<p>Boulder-based Real-Time Diagnostics Ventures Inc. is conducting a first-of-its kind study in the United States to assess the role of plant-derived hemp supplements containing CBD in recovery from traumatic brain injury. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2163,5062,52,330,6811,6892,55,8094,6813,77,5667,9,5019,8095,6101,1,3,61,1736],"tags":[4731,5063,2632,2908,6816,6893,2635,8096,6818,2655,5673,5022,8097,6111],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8647"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}