Recovery and aging of serotonergic fibers after single and intermittent MDMA treatment in dark agouti rat
The Journal of Comparative Neurology March 31, 2011 Csaba Ádori, Rómeó D. Andó, Mária Szekeres et al. 21 citations
3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; ecstasy) is a popular party drug known to cause selective serotonergic damage. Here we examined the long-term recovery and aging of serotonergic fibers and levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) after intermittent MDMA administration (15 mg kg(-1) i.p. every 7th day for 4 weeks, MDMA ×4) and a single-dose treatment (15 mg kg(-1) i.p., MDMA...