MDMA ('ecstasy') exhibits an anxiogenic-like activity in social encounters between male mice

Abstract

Recent studies have suggested that 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA;'ecstasy'), a synthetic amphetamine derivative, might exhibit an anxiogenic-like activity in rodents. In this work, we examined the effects of MDMA (1, 8 and 15 mg kg− 1, ip) …