Synthesis, in vitro formation, and behavioural effects of glutathione regioisomers of alpha-methyldopamine with relevance to MDA and MDMA (ecstasy)

N Easton, J Fry, E O'Shea, A Watkins, S Kingston… - Brain research, 2003 - Elsevier

Author(s): Maria Esther O´Shea Gaya

Focus: MDMA

Abstract:

Abstract Administration of 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) or 3, 4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) to rats produces serotonergic nerve terminal degeneration. However, they are not neurotoxic when injected directly into the brain …