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Aiko Ikegami

1 paper in the library · publishing 2005

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Serotonergic neurotoxic metabolites of ecstasy identified in rat brain.

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics April 2005 Douglas C. Jones, Christine L. Duvauchelle, Aiko Ikegami et al.

The selective serotonergic neurotoxicity of 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, ecstasy) depends on their systemic metabolism. We have recently shown that inhibition of brain endothelial cell gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (gamma-GT) potentiates the neurotoxicity of both MDMA and MDA, indicating that metabolites that are substrates for this enzyme...