Article: Ecstasy use can damage the human body clock and cause 'permanent jet- lag'

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 ...

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