Differential effect of dietary selenium on the long-term neurotoxicity induced by MDMA in mice and rats

Abstract

We examined the effect of dietary selenium (Se) on the long-term effect of 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) on dopamine (DA) and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) containing neurons in the brain of mice and rats. Animals were fed either a Se-deficient …