04-30-2008, 02:12 AM
Brain-imaging studies performed in animals provide researchers with clues about why an increasingly popular recreational drug that causes hallucinations and motor-function impairment in humans is abused. Using trace amounts of Salvia divinorum -- also known as "salvia," a Mexican mint plant -- scientists found that the drug's behavior in the brains of primates mimics the extremely fast and brief "high" observed in humans.
Posted on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:00:00 EDT at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/200...120701.htm
Posted on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:00:00 EDT at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/200...120701.htm