Listening to loud music exacerbates the effects on the brain of taking ecstasy, researchers have found. Italian scientists gave the drug to rats who were then exposed to music at nightclub noise levels. The researchers measured the electrical activity in the rats' brains and found that noise prolonged the effects of ecstasy by up to five days. Experts said the study, published in the Biomed Central Neuroscience, showed music worsened users' "comedown". But there is mounting evidence from both animal and human studies that it may damage nerve pathways in the brain. Long term use has been linked to memory loss and depression. Experts have suggested that loud music may also affect higher brain functions... ...The researchers, from the Institute of Neurological Science in Catanzaro, found low doses of ecstasy did not modify the brain activity of rats if no music was played. But total electrical brain activity in the animals significantly decreased in the presence of loud music, selected to mimic levels commonly found in clubs. High doses of ecstasy reduced brain activity even without noise, but the effect was enhanced by loud music and lasted for up to five days after the drug was administered. In rats given a high dose of ecstasy but not exposed to music, brain activity returned to normal in one day. Well, thats proof positive that E is best taken at a rave type setting. Go figure. But seriously, don't take it, instead click this link, it's safer and has the same effect (one can dream...)
Computer games don't affect kids. I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music - Kristion Wilson, Nintendo Inc. 1999
ROFLMAO!!! I can't imagine ecstacy was planned to work this way, but it does make an interesting conincidence.
