Reduced in vivo binding to the serotonin transporter in the cerebral cortex of MDMA ('ecstasy') users

DM Semple, KP Ebmeier, MF Glabus… - The British Journal …, 1999 - search.proquest.com

Author(s): Klaus Ebmeier

Focus: MDMA

Abstract:

Background The use of MDMA ('ecstasy') is common among young people in Western countries. Animal models of MDMA toxicity suggest a loss of serotonergic neurons, and potentially implicate it in the development of significant psychiatric morbidity in humans …