{"id":197070,"date":"2024-10-05T12:14:25","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T17:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/rewiring-the-brain-scientists-reverse-meth-and-pcps-cognitive-effects"},"modified":"2024-10-05T12:14:25","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T17:14:25","slug":"rewiring-the-brain-scientists-reverse-meth-and-pcps-cognitive-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/rewiring-the-brain-scientists-reverse-meth-and-pcps-cognitive-effects","title":{"rendered":"Rewiring the Brain: Scientists Reverse Meth and PCP\u2019s Cognitive Effects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/rewiring-the-brain-scientists-reverse-meth-and-pcps-cognitive-effects2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UC San Diego\u2019s study reveals that meth and PCP impair memory by causing neurons to switch from glutamate to GABA, a process reversible with specific treatments.<\/p>\n<p>Sustained drug abuse can have many long-lasting effects, including memory loss and reduced cognitive functions, which can persist for years. Now, neurobiologists at the University of California San Diego have identified a reversible, shared mechanism in the brain by which drugs of different classes generate cognitive impairments.<\/p>\n<p>Investigating mechanisms of drug-induced cognitive deficits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UC San Diego\u2019s study reveals that meth and PCP impair memory by causing neurons to switch from glutamate to GABA, a process reversible with specific treatments. Sustained drug abuse can have many long-lasting effects, including memory loss and reduced cognitive functions, which can persist for years. Now, neurobiologists at the University of California San Diego [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197070\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}