Chronic stress enhances the corticosterone response and neurotoxicity to+ 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA): the role of ambient temperature

BN Johnson, BK Yamamoto - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental …, 2010 - ASPET

Author(s): Bryan Yamamoto

Focus: MDMA

Abstract:

Stress facilitates drug abuse by humans. In rodents, stress enhances the neurochemical, neuroendocrine, and behavioral responses to psychostimulants. Although chronic unpredictable stress (CUS) enhances the acute hyperthermic and long-term monoamine …