Anonymous Coward User ID: 125393 United States 10/14/2006 02:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Speed may protect the brain against stroke damage??// [ link to www.newscientist.com] Humm meth can prevent strokes? Meth speed all the same . Anyone believe this? Methamphetamine may protect the brain after a stroke, according to new research in rats and gerbils. The illicit street drug – also known as speed – helped reduce brain damage when used up to 16 hours after stroke, potentially widening the window of opportunity for drug intervention. Researchers induced strokes in gerbils, causing them to become twice as active and agitated as normal gerbils. But when the animals were given a low dose of methamphetamine up to 16 hours after the event, the animals became calmer. Dissection later showed that the neurons of the gerbils given methamphetamine were as intact as in animals that had not suffered stroke. “Methamphetamine is a drug that has been shown to exacerbate stroke damage when administered before a stroke, but we have seen roughly 80% to 90% protection of neurons when administered after a stroke,” says Dave Poulsen, who led the research at the University of Montana in the US. Simulated stroke more at above link Last Edited by SPUD on 06/17/2013 12:58 PM |
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User ID: 124957 United States 10/14/2006 02:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Speed may protect the brain against stroke damage??// Nope. And if I have my way, when you have your stroke and can't talk or walk, you will be denied tax payer benefits. Americanii-s de vina futu-i in gura sa-i fut |