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Alcohol and drugs rewire your brain by changing how your genes work
- ls612 3y agoEpigenetics is just Lysenkoism dressed up for modern sensibilities.
- hughesjj 3y ago.... No, no it's not.
- imtringued 3y agoIsn't epigenetics necessary for cell specialisation?
- loa_in_ 3y agoDoesn't ingesting lactose cause expression of the lactase encoding gene? The genes are the state machine of our cell lineage, changing their work is expected in response to stimuli. I keep hearing about drugs rewiring the brain ("Adderal causes changes in brain in long-term use") which is always taken as a bad thing, but shouldn't medicinal drugs that improve mental function be exactly expected to do that? Seeing this trend makes me have doubts as to where is medical science headed.
- aeternum 3y agoYes, a better headline would be something like: Behaviors, drugs, and even foods rewire your brain via the epigenome But modern science is all about what's in vogue and securing funding. This study was funded by the national institute of alcohol abuse and alcoholism and the institute on drug abuse, so we all know what conclusion must be found. The spice must flow.
- Avamander 3y ago> I keep hearing about drugs rewiring the brain ("Adderal causes changes in brain in long-term use") which is always taken as a bad thing, but shouldn't medicinal drugs that improve mental function be exactly expected to do that? I can't recall right now which paper it was what described this. But this indeed seems to be the case and towards a state which is the goal for the patient in the first place.
- highwayman47 3y agoSurely most things do then
- reportgunner 3y agoNo way