流行的俱樂部藥物可能損害記憶力

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搖頭丸愛好者請注意:根據今天在《神經病學》雜誌上發表的研究結果,長期使用亞甲二氧基甲基苯丙胺 (MDMA) 可能會導致記憶喪失或損害。在一年多的時間裡,研究人員研究了 15 名年齡在 17 歲至 31 歲之間的搖頭丸使用者,他們平均每月服用該藥物 2.4 次。他們發現,測試表明搖頭丸的使用與記憶力衰退的不同方面有關。例如,在第一次和第二次評估之間,在短暫延遲後回憶故事的能力下降了約 50%。

多倫多大學的 Konstantine Zakzanis 是該報告的合著者,他警告說,這項研究依賴於患者的自我報告,這可能會產生誤導性的結果。他還指出,街頭毒品的成分是多變的。儘管如此,他評論說:“對於那些反覆使用搖頭丸的人來說,初步證據表明,隨著藥物的持續使用,記憶過程可能會受到損害。” “對於那些一生中使用搖頭丸一兩次的人來說,迄今為止,沒有證據表明記憶功能會受到漸進式或永久性的損害,儘管搖頭丸研究人員組成的陪審團仍在審議此事。”

Kate Wong is an award-winning science writer and senior editor at 大眾科學 focused on evolution, ecology, anthropology, archaeology, paleontology and animal behavior. She is fascinated by human origins, which she has covered for more than 25 years. Recently she has become obsessed with birds. Her reporting has taken her to caves in France and Croatia that Neandertals once called home, to the shores of Kenya's Lake Turkana in search of the oldest stone tools in the world, to Madagascar on an expedition to unearth ancient mammals and dinosaurs, to the icy waters of Antarctica, where humpback whales feast on krill, and on a "Big Day" race around the state of Connecticut to find as many bird species as possible in 24 hours. Kate is co-author, with Donald Johanson, of Lucy's Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins. She holds a bachelor of science degree in biological anthropology and zoology from the University of Michigan. Follow Wong on X (formerly Twitter) @katewong

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