Jaume Folch

Effects of MDMA on neuroplasticity, amyloid burden and phospho-tau expression in APPswe/PS1dE9 mice.

Journal of Psychopharmacology September 2019 Sonia Abad, Carla Ramon-Duaso, Raúl López‐arnau et al.

3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is still one of the most consumed drugs by adolescents. Its abuse is related with cognitive impairment, which seems due to maladaptive plasticity and neural stress. In turn, new hypotheses suggest that Alzheimer's disease (AD) may be promoted by neural stressors. To test if there is an increase in vulnerability to AD after chronic MDMA consumption, we...