Ecstasy - panacea from Parkinson's disease

The colleague of the university of Cincinnati the jack Of lipton conducted the experiment, in course of which it was explained that ecstasy increases the viability of nerve cells under the unfavorable conditions, and it also contributes to an increase in the production of dopamine in the brain. Such properties of narcotic can be used with the treatment of a number of diseases, including Parkinson's disease.

Some scientists already conducted the studies by ecstasy, in course of which they came to the conclusion that its use is connected with sharp reduction in the production in the brain of serotonin, hormone of pleasure. However, the experiment Of liptona did not confirm this.

He studied the influence of narcotic on the development of the brain of the young of rats, that obtained it during the pregnancy. In the brain of the newly born young rats of a decrease in the level of serotonin it was fixed not; however, it was discovered, that the number of cells, which manufacture another neuromediator, dopamine, increased in the experimental three.

Action by ecstasy on the culture of embryonic nerve cells grown in the test tube increased their viability three, moreover this effect did not change with an increase in the concentration of narcotic, with exception of the very high doses, which led to the loss of cells.

In the opinion Of liptona, ecstasy it prevents the starting of the mechanism of the programmed cellular loss, which usually is activated with the neyrodegenerativnykh diseases. It proposes also that the preparations prepared on its basis can contribute to the restoration of the number of cells, which manufacture dopamine, with Parkinson's disease.

It is considered that the loss of motor coordination and the involuntary reductions of muscles with parkinsonism are connected with a deficiency in dopamine in the engine centers of brain.