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Memory function and serotonin transporter promoter gene polymorphism in ecstasy (MDMA) users.
Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) - 1 May 2006
Reneman Liesbeth, Schilt T, de Win Maartje M, Booij Jan, Schmand Ben, van den Brink Wim, Bakker Onno
Abstract excerpt
Although 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or ecstasy) has been shown to damage brain serotonin (5-HT) neurons in animals and possibly humans, little is known about the long-term consequences of MDMA-induced 5-HT neurotoxic lesions on functions in which 5-HT is involved, such as cognitive function. Because 5-HT transporters play a key element in the regulation of synaptic 5-HT transmission it may be...
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