Professor Javier Fernández Ruiz - cannabis research in neurodegenerative diseases

Professor Javier Fernández-Ruiz is Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine at the Complutense University of Madrid. He is currently the Principal Investigator of the “Cannabinoids and Neurological Disorders” research group at the Complutense University. Professor Fernandez is also a member of the Editorial Board in the British Journal of Pharmacology.

He has authored several papers outlining the therapeutic potential of cannabinoids in degenerative disorders including:

Cannabinoids in Neurodegenerative Disorders and Stroke/Brain Trauma: From Preclinical Models to Clinical Applications

Endocannabinoids and Neurodegenerative Disorders: Parkinson's Disease, Huntington's Chorea, Alzheimer's Disease, and Others

Cannabidiol for neurodegenerative disorders: important new clinical applications for this phytocannabinoid?

The biomedical challenge of neurodegenerative disorders: an opportunity for cannabinoid-based therapies to improve on the poor current therapeutic outcomes

Prospects for cannabinoid therapies in basal ganglia disorders

As Professor Fernandez mentioned in the podcast, he is happy to be contacted by anyone interested in finding out more about his area of research and can be emailed on jjfr@med.ucm.es. (Please remember he is not a medical doctor).