Neurochemistry and neurotoxicity of 3, 4‐methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA,“ecstasy”)

Abstract

3, 4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; also known as “Ecstasy”) is a ring-substituted phenylisopropylamine that is related to both amphetamines and hallucinogens, such as mescaline (Fig. 1). Although the drug was patented in 1914, interest in the …