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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Research with hard-rockin' rats suggests that loud music extends the harmful brain effects of the club drug ecstasy for up to five days.

Researchers in Italy found that an ecstasy-linked dampening of the rats' brain activity lasted long after the rodents were given the drug if they also exposed to music of 95 decibels, the maximum noise intensity permitted by law in Italian nightclubs.

If the rats weren't exposed to loud music, the drug's effects wore off within a day.

During the experiment, the team at the Institute of Neurological Science in Catanzaro monitored the rats' electrocortical activity (EcoG spectrum) using electrodes placed on the rodents' skulls. The EcoG spectrum was recorded from 60 minutes before the rats were given ecstasy and the music began, then again for up to five days after the music had been turned off.

Without music, a low dose (3mg/kg) of ecstasy did not modify the rats' brain activity any more than a dose of saline solution. However, loud music prompted significant changes in the brain activity of rats who received a low dose of the drug.

A high dose (6mg/kg) of ecstasy alone caused a reduction in the rats' brain activity and that effect was enhanced when loud music was played and lasted for up to five days. The brain activity of rats that received a high dose of the drug but were not exposed to loud music returned to normal within a day.

Rats that received saline solution and were exposed to loud music showed no changes in brain activity.

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Im def. still a little fuzzy from JP on sunday/monday morning. Maybe it was all that bass, but Ive never ever been like this before. Kinda ironic you posted this.

What kind of hookup did those rats get on the pills? ;)

I'm totally fuzzy too... although I was at Boris and then Gypsy Tea (until closing) thus probably furthering my brain damage than if I got into JP party which I heard ended early. Pleasurable things are always unhealthiest for some sick reason.

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not to copa......are you tryin to compete with me for serial poster of the day?

HAHA yes

i have alot of time on my hands, i stay on here all day and i pick fights with everyone cuz I am a childish drama queen

ok that was a collab of things I have been called in the past week

BUT IM BORED YO

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