Objective: To investigate the effects of cannabidiol (CBD) on emotional and cognitive symptoms in rats with intra-nigral 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) lesions. Methods: Adult male Wistar rats received bilateral intranigral 6-OHDA infusions and were tested in a battery of behavioural paradigms to evaluate non-motor symptoms. The brains were obtained to evaluate the effects of CBD on hippocampal neurogenesis. Results: 6-OHDA-lesioned rats exhibited memory impairments and despair-like behaviour in the novelty-suppressed feeding test and forced swim test, respectively. The animals also exhibited dopaminergic neuronal loss in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc), striatum, and ventral tegmental area and a reduction of hippocampal neurogenesis. CBD decreased dopaminergic neuronal loss in the SNpc, reduced the mortality rate and decreased neuroinflammation in 6-OHDA-lesioned rats. In parallel, CBD prevented memory impairments and attenuated despair-like behaviour that were induced by bilateral intranigral 6-OHDA lesions. Repeated treatment with CBD favoured the neuronal maturation of newborn neurons in the hippocampus in Parkinsonian rats. Conclusion: The present findings suggest a potential beneficial effect of CBD on non-motor symptoms induced by intra-nigral 6-OHDA infusion in rats.
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