Fags, Meth, Sex & The Net 1
FuelMix was doing some research on Meth.(methamphetamine) a.k.a. “crystal”, "ice" "go-fast", "crazy medicine"
In August 2005, the BBC web site reported the results of a study on Meth done by the University of California, San Diego. Meth users were found to have physically altered their brain – for the worse. This was because they had larger areas of their brain involved in attention, motivation and the control of movement. Specifically, they had larger volumes of the basal ganglia and parietal cortex. They also fared worse in tests of brain function.
However, if the person was HIV+ the impairment was even worse – and the volume of certain brain areas shrank. The brain region affected by HIV govern higher thought, reasoning, memory and learning. In HIV cases, the cerebral cortex, basal ganglia and hippocampus shrank.
The basal ganglia controls movement. Meth users who were also HIV, exhibited tremors similar to those seen in Parkinsons Disease.
Each volunteer in the test had a brain scan and completed cognitive tests covering learning, recall, verbal fluency, information processing and motor functioning.
The head of the research team made the following comment:
"In HIV-infected people, the cognitive impairments are associated with decreased employment and vocational abilities, difficulties with medication management, impaired driving performance and problems with general activities of daily living, such as managing money,,,,,,[and] impaired decision making capability”
© 2007 Fuel Mix All Rights Reserved
In August 2005, the BBC web site reported the results of a study on Meth done by the University of California, San Diego. Meth users were found to have physically altered their brain – for the worse. This was because they had larger areas of their brain involved in attention, motivation and the control of movement. Specifically, they had larger volumes of the basal ganglia and parietal cortex. They also fared worse in tests of brain function.
However, if the person was HIV+ the impairment was even worse – and the volume of certain brain areas shrank. The brain region affected by HIV govern higher thought, reasoning, memory and learning. In HIV cases, the cerebral cortex, basal ganglia and hippocampus shrank.
The basal ganglia controls movement. Meth users who were also HIV, exhibited tremors similar to those seen in Parkinsons Disease.
Each volunteer in the test had a brain scan and completed cognitive tests covering learning, recall, verbal fluency, information processing and motor functioning.
The head of the research team made the following comment:
"In HIV-infected people, the cognitive impairments are associated with decreased employment and vocational abilities, difficulties with medication management, impaired driving performance and problems with general activities of daily living, such as managing money,,,,,,[and] impaired decision making capability”
© 2007 Fuel Mix All Rights Reserved
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