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08/01/2012
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Scientists experiment with rats that had suffered irreversible damage to brain cells
Listening to loud music can affect memory and learning, concludes a study published in the journal 'Brain Research' and quoted by the BBC.
With use of laboratory mice, Argentine scientists have concluded in just two hours, the animals suffered irreversible damage to brain cells. Guinea pigs were exposed to intensities of noise between 95 and 97 decibels (dB) higher than what is considered safe, which are 70-80 dB.
The damage affects mainly the area of the hippocampus, an area considered to be the 'seat' of memory and learning.
World Laura Guelman, project coordinator and scientist at the Center for Pharmacological and Botanical Studies [Cefybo] University of Buenos Aires [UBA], told BBC that the rats' nervous systems are very similar to ours ", so it is easy to realize what can happen to us.
Source: IOL-Music
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