Noemi Balogh

Downregulation of the Vitamin D Receptor Regulated Gene Set in the Hippocampus After MDMA Treatment.

Frontiers in Pharmacology 2018 Peter Petschner, Noemi Balogh, Csaba Ádori et al.

The active ingredient of ecstasy, ±3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), in addition to its initial reinforcing effects, induces selective and non-selective brain damage. Evidences suggest that the hippocampus (HC), a central region for cognition, may be especially vulnerable to impairments on the long-run, nevertheless, transcription factors that may precede and regulate such chronic...