Identifying the serotonin transporter signal in Western blot studies of the neurotoxic potential of MDMA and related drugs
Synapse June 3, 2011 Michael W. McLane, Una D. Mccann, George A. Ricaurte 11 citations
A number of published studies have questioned the serotonin neurotoxic potential of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, "ecstasy") and related drugs (fenfluramine, p-chloroamphetamine) based upon results from Western blot studies using a custom synthesized serotonin transporter (SERT) antibody that found no reduction in the abundance of a 50kDa protein after substituted amphetamine...