Interesting study wherein scientists gave snails a hit of methamphetamine before a learning task. The meth snails retained memories far longer than controls, providing evidence that drug-induced brains retain learned associations longer than healthy controls.

From the article: ""Now we want to look in that brain cell and find what has changed. It's a big task but some recent studies in our lab point to changes at the level of the cell's DNA that are caused by the drug."

The Take-Home Message: Kids, put down the pipe lest you scramble your DNA.

Tags: snail, methamphetamine, addiction, neuron, neuroscience, Washington State University, drugs,

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