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It's a plant from the pepper family, and its roots may affect your limbic system.
Apba2 demonstrates moderate expression in mouse cortical and limbic regions including frontal, parietal, and temporal cortex, hippocampus, amygdala, thalamus, and cerebellum and lower level expression in many other regions summarized in Table 3. A developmental expression series illustrating expression from embryonic day 8 through day 15 (E8-E15) is shown in Figure 4. Early expression in the primitive neural tube emerges at day E10.
It is abundant in choroid plexus where it modulates the production of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and in limbic regions and hypothalamus where it may play a role in motor behavior and appetite control.
The authors of the Science paper--"Activation of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor in the Limbic System During Cannabinoid Withdrawal"--suggest in their conclusion that marijuana may be as addictive as heroin and cocaine, and that pot's "subtle disruption" of brain chemistry may leave users " 'primed' for further disruption by other drugs of abuse."
For example, the vertigo reported by some patients might be attributable to neuronal death in the inferior cerebellum [ 20 ] , whereas symptoms of fear/anxiety might arise as a consequence of the death of neurons in the amygdala [ 21 ] . Mefloquine-induced neurotoxicity in the limbic system might be responsible for reported disturbances in emotion [ 22 ] .