On 30 Aug 2003 20:03:27 -0700, nonsmoking1 at comcast.net (Steady Eddy)
wrote:
>Jasbird <Jasbird#dead-mail-box#@myrealbox.com> wrote in message news:<0280lvcqq4c4d7ltog6fkf8aqi80g4fvdl at 4ax.com>...
>> Rat study shows exposure to Ecstasy early in pregnancy induces brain
>> changes
>>>> Researchers have shown that 21-day-old rat pups exposed in the womb to
>> the drug MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, often called
>> Ecstasy) during a period corresponding to the first trimester in human
>> pregnancy exhibit changes in brain chemistry and behavior. "Existing
>> data suggest that most women who use MDMA stop taking it when they
>> learn they are pregnant," says NIDA Director Dr. Nora D. Volkow. "But
>> the animal studies that linked this drug to neurobiological changes
>> and learning impairments were conducted in situations analogous to the
>> third trimester in humans. This study sought to investigate a more
>> true-to-life situation by looking at the consequences of Ecstasy
>> exposure early in pregnancy."
>>>> cont...
>> <http://www.scienceblog.com/community/article1966.html>
>> <http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-08/rpsl-ted082903.php>
>> <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030829/dcf005_1.html>
>> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
>>>> : Dr. Jack W. Lipton, doctoral student James Koprich, and their
>> : colleagues injected 8 pregnant rats twice daily with MDMA from day 14
>> : through day 20 of pregnancy,
>>> : a period corresponding to the first 3 months of human fetal
>> : development. The scientists injected saline
>> : twice daily during the same period to another 8 pregnant rats. The
>> : researchers examined brain tissue of the rat pups when they were 21
>> : days old. A 21-day-old rat pup is roughly equivalent to a 2- to
>> : 6-year-old child.
>>>>>> : "Our most striking finding was that 21-day-old MDMA-exposed pups had a
>> : 502-percent increase in the number of dopamine neuron fibers in the
>> : frontal cortex compared with control animals," notes Dr. Lipton.
>> : Abnormal or overly numerous connections in the frontal cortex may
>> : result in aberrant signaling there, possibly resulting in abnormal
>> : behavior.
>>>> Every NIDA study uses huge quantities of MDMA to show that MDMA is
>> toxic in huge quantities. I recommend that people don't do huge
>> amounts of MDMA - especially not several times per night nor several
>> days at a time.
>>I recommend that if you are going to bring children into this world
>you give them the best chance that you can. Only a selfish drug using,
>child abusing moron like Jisbird would think that it is ok to use
>ecstacy during pregnancy. I think I would take the word of Dr. Jack
>W. Lipton, doctoral student James Koprich, and their colleagues before
>I would listen to the advice of a moronic sick bastard like you.
Steady there Eddy, if you'd work on your reading comprehension a bet
you would have understood that he's talking about how poor the science
being done here is, and NOT advocating that people take drugs while
pregnant.
