Posted by Shawn. T. on October 1, 2005, at 18:53:05
In reply to Re: Does Ectasy Cause Brain Damage and Depression? » Shawn. T., posted by SLS on October 1, 2005, at 10:25:52
On the matter of neurotoxicity, I feel that people, especially non-scientists, often jump to conclusions about evidence that they haven't carefully considered. According to Rothman et al. (2004) at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, D-fenfluramine and parachloroamphetamine "did not change expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), a hallmark indicator of neuronal damage, in whole brain minus caudate in the 2-week group. These results support the hypothesis that D-FEN- and PCA-induced decreases in tissue 5-HT and SERT binding sites reflect neuroadaptive changes rather than neurotoxic effects."
Shawn
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