Xiaoying Wang, Michael H. Baumann, Heng Xu, Marisela Morales and Richard B. Rothman
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Neuropsychopharmacology. 1997 Sep;17(3):117-29
Kramer HK, Poblete JC, Azmitia EC.
This report further characterizes the intermediate metabolic effects of the psychotropic amphetamine derivative, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or "ecstasy"), on the activity of second...
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Journal of Psychoactive Drugs Volume 34 (2) April-June 2002
Franz Vollenweider et al
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Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behaviour 2002 Jun;72(3):617-22
Falk EM, Cook VJ, Nichols DE, Sprague JE.
The present study was designed to elucidate the role of dopamine (DA) metabolism in the serotonergic neurotoxicity induced by 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). An antisense (AS)...
Bronson ME, Barrios-Zambrano L, Jiang W, Clark CR, DeRuiter J, Newland MC.
Department of Pharmacal Sciences, Auburn University, AL 36849-5503.
The effects of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or 'ecstacy') and two structurally related compounds,...
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Appendix of The Pharmacology and Toxicology of (ecstacy) MDMA and Related Drugs.
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Human Psychopharmacolgy 2001 Dec;16(8):557-577
Parrott AC
MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) or 'Ecstasy' was scheduled as an illegal drug in 1986, but since then its recreational use has increased dramatically. This review covers 15 years of research into patterns of use, its acute...
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Immunology. 2004 Apr;111(4):357-67
Connor TJ.
Drug abuse is a global problem of considerable concern to health. One such health concern stems from the fact that many drugs of abuse have immunosuppressive actions and consequently have the potential to increase susceptibility to infectious...
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Life Sciences 2004 Jan 2;74(7):803-14
Simantov R
3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), commonly referred to as Ecstasy, is a widely abused, psychoactive recreational drug, which induces short- and long-term neuropsychiatric behaviors. This drug is neurotoxic to serotonergic neurons in...
Forensic Science International 2005 Jan 17;147 Suppl:S77-80
Karlovsek MZ, Alibegović A, Balazic J.
Ecstasy is a psychostimulative drug (ab)used mostly by teenagers and young adults in discotheques and on the "rave" parties. Older adults ecstasy abusing cases are very rare. Among four cases...
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3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, ecstasy)-mediated production of hydrogen peroxide in an in vitro model: the role of dopamine, the serotonin-reuptake transporter, and monoamine oxidase-B
3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or Ecstasy) has been implicated in the onset of a number of psychological disorders and associated with a number of psychiatric symptoms that have persisted after cessation...
Chemical Research in Toxicology 2001 Jul;14(7):863-70
Bai F, Jones DC, Lau SS, Monks TJ.
Reactive metabolites play an important role in 3,4-(+/-)-methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) and 3,4-(+/-)-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; ecstasy)-mediated serotonergic neurotoxicity, although the...
Green AR, Mechan AO, Elliott JM, O'Shea E, Colado MI
The amphetamine derivative (+/-)-3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, ecstasy) is a popular recreational drug among young people, particularly those involved in the dance culture. MDMA...
Esteban B, O'Shea E, Camarero J, Sanchez V, Green AR, Colado MI
These data demonstrate that MDMA when injected directly into the brain produces 5-HT release but no neurotoxicity, suggesting that it must be metabolised peripherally in order to...
International Journal of Drug Policy 16 (2005) 65-72
Uitermark and Cohen
This paper describes the origins and evolution of Dutch harm reduction policies towards ecstasy. It is argued that the national government has allowed and supported local stakeholders to experiment with harm reduction...
de Win MM, Reneman L, Jager G, Vlieger EJ, Olabarriaga SD, Lavini C, Bisschops I, Majoie CB, Booij J, den Heeten GJ, van den Brink W
It is debated whether ecstasy use has neurotoxic effects on the human brain and what the effects are of a low...
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Neuroscience 2007 May 11;146(2):509-14
Thompson MR, Callaghan PD, Hunt GE, Cornish JL, McGregor IS
The drug 3,4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; ecstasy) has a widely documented ability to increase feelings of love and closeness toward others. The present study investigated whether...
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Life Sciences 1994;55(15):1193-8.
Sprague JE, Huang X, Kanthasamy A, Nichols DE
Treatment of rats with serotonin (5-HT) precursors tryptophan (TRP, 400 mg/kg) and 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP, 50 mg/kg) was shown to attenuate MDMA (20 mg/kg) induced serotonergic neurotoxicity as measured by...
Journal of Psychopharmacology 2006 Mar;20(2):302-11.
Lamers CT, Bechara A, Rizzo M, Ramaekers JG.
Repeated ecstasy (MDMA) use is reported to impair cognition and cause increased feelings of depression and anxiety. Yet, many relevant studies have failed to control for use of drugs other than...
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20-08-2006
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International Journal of Drug Policy 16 (2005) 54-64
Panagopoulos and Ricciardelli
This study investigated risk and harm reduction practices among recreational ecstasy users. A semistructured interview with 40 participants was designed to investigate how ecstasy users identify and manage...
This manual provides the researcher with a method of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy to be used in conducting a scientific study of its potential risks and benefits in order to develop and test an investigational form of drug-assisted psychotherapy.
Journal of Psychopharmacology 2006 May;20(3):373-84
Quednow BB, Jessen F, Kuhn KU, Maier W, Daum I, Wagner M
MDMA users showed widespread and marked verbal memory de.cits, compared to drug-naive controls as well as compared to cannabis users, whereas cannabis users did not differ from...
Journal of Pschopharmacology 2006 May;20(3):417-24
Soar K, Turner JJ, Parrott AC
Recreational ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine; MDMA) use has been increasingly associated with a number of psychiatric symptoms and psychological problems. However, previous studies assessing possible...
RATIONALE: Research with animals suggests that central 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) function may be attenuated for a period following a single dose of +/-3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, 'ecstasy')....
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Addiction 2006 Sep;101(9):1241-5.
Freudenmann RW, Oxler F, Bernschneider-Reif S
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the origin of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, ecstasy). The most commonly repeated statement in the medical literature is that MDMA was synthesized by the German...
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An interesting paper detailing social, health and legal issues surrounding testing kits.
2001-2005
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