Amphetamine-related drugs neurotoxicity in humans and in experimental animals: Main mechanisms.
Progress in Neurobiology August 2017 Rosario Moratalla, Amit Khairnar, Nicola Simola et al.
Amphetamine-related drugs, such as 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and methamphetamine (METH), are popular recreational psychostimulants. Several preclinical studies have demonstrated that, besides having the potential for abuse, amphetamine-related drugs may also elicit neurotoxic and neuroinflammatory effects. The neurotoxic potentials of MDMA and METH to dopaminergic and...
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2015.09.011 (opens in new tab)
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Ecstasy
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