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Article: Ecstasy use can damage the human body clock and cause 'permanent jet- lag'
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- The Sunday Herald
- Article date:
- June 25, 2000
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Ecstasy damages connections in the brain which regulate the human
body clock, according to a new study. Once damaged, these
connections cannot be repaired, which may lead to sleep disorders
and a permanent feeling of jet-lag.
Dr Stephany Biello, a psychologist at Glasgow University, has
conducted research into the drug which suggests that serotonin cells
within the sensitive body clock mechanism in the human brain are
being damaged by the drug. Serotonin works as a message-transmitter
chemical between the nerves and helps regulate sleep patterns. It is
also instrumental to memory, appetite, mood, perception of pain and
libido.
Research into serotonin suggests that damage caused to the ...