An investigative study to demonstrate the link between combined intake of marijuana and codeine in Alzheimer’s disease pathology

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Authors

Adejoke Memudu¹ , Ruth Waziri²

1. Edo State University, Uzairue, Nigeria
2. Bingham University, Karu, Nigeria

Conference / event

AAIC Neuroscience Next, April 2021 (Virtual)

Poster summary

The abuse of psychedelic drugs like marijuana, codeine, etc had deleterious effect when taken singly. In this study we assessed potential contributory role of combined ingestion of codeine and Marijuana on the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease which is the most common cause of dementia among older adults done by studying changes in spatial memory, astrocytic proliferation, Nissl bodies, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzyme status using animal models. Behavioral tests for memory using Y maze. Brain tissues were processed and stained for Nissl bodies and astrocytes. The prefronto-hippocampal cortex of rats exposed to Codeine and Marijuana had severe loss of neurons, necrosis, chromatolysis and proliferation of astrocytes, loss of spatial memory, reduced number of arm entries and increased immobility time. Hence, the combine use of codeine and marijuana has deleterious effects on neuron cell integrity, memory, cognition because it induces oxidative tissue damage an hallmark in the development of Alzheimer’s disease.

Keywords

Codeine, Astrocytes, Memory loss, Neurons, Hippocampus, Codeine

Research areas

Anatomy and Physiology, Neuroscience, Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, Toxicology

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Funding

1. NONE

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Competing interests

No competing interests were disclosed.

Data availability statement

The datasets generated during and / or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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