aspie48 wrote:
fubar wrote:
I'm not sure if this is serious or not, but FYI: Brain cells don't regrow as far as I know.
edited for grammar
in all seriousness they do but scar tissue forms over, which slows signals down. Thats why people who do themselves brain damage like drug addicts think slowly.
Brain cells do grow throughout your life... cells are constantly regenerating and replacing those at the ends of their life. It is estimated that we recycle (as in swap out) all of our physical mass every 5-7 years. When you cause damage to the structure of the brain, or lose a section of cells due to chemical abuse or stroke... That section does not come back. Our brains generate new cells at a constant rate, to replace those lost naturally.
That being said... Not all drug use kills brain cells or creates scar tissue in the brain.... logically, then, your statement about it being the cause of cognitive impairment is false... It may be true in some cases, but a sweeping generalization like that is always inaccurate.
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