The effect of 3,4- methylenedioxymethamphetamine on expression of neurotrophic factors in hippocampus of male rats.
Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran 2017 Sara Soleimani Asl, Mohamad Bakhtiar Hesam Shariati, Mehdi Medizadeh et al.
Background: 3,4- methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is a chemical derivative of amphetamine that can induce learning and memory impairment. Due to the effect of neurotrophins on memory and learning, the impact of MDMA was evaluated on the brain - derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), neurotrophin- 4 (NT-4), and tropomyosin- related kinase B (Trk- β) expression in the hippocampus. Methods: In...