Experimental studies on 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA,“ecstasy”) and its potential to damage brain serotonin neurons

Abstract

A number of drugs that fall into the broad category of “ring-substituted amphetamines” have been found to be neurotoxic toward brain monoamine neurons in animals. Several of these drugs, including (3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA,“Ecstasy”) and …