流行的俱乐部药物可能损害记忆力

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摇头丸爱好者请注意:根据今天在《神经病学》杂志上发表的研究结果,长期使用亚甲二氧基甲基苯丙胺 (MDMA) 可能会导致记忆丧失或损害。在一年多的时间里,研究人员研究了 15 名年龄在 17 岁至 31 岁之间的摇头丸使用者,他们平均每月服用该药物 2.4 次。他们发现,测试表明摇头丸的使用与记忆力衰退的不同方面有关。例如,在第一次和第二次评估之间,在短暂延迟后回忆故事的能力下降了约 50%。

多伦多大学的 Konstantine Zakzanis 是该报告的合著者,他警告说,这项研究依赖于患者的自我报告,这可能会产生误导性的结果。他还指出,街头毒品的成分是多变的。尽管如此,他评论说:“对于那些反复使用摇头丸的人来说,初步证据表明,随着药物的持续使用,记忆过程可能会受到损害。” “对于那些一生中使用摇头丸一两次的人来说,迄今为止,没有证据表明记忆功能会受到渐进式或永久性的损害,尽管摇头丸研究人员组成的陪审团仍在审议此事。”

Kate Wong is an award-winning science writer and senior editor at 大众科学 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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