David M Thomas

Behavioral and neurochemical effects of repeated MDMA administration during late adolescence in the rat.

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry January 3, 2014 Brittney M Cox, Mrudang M Shah, Teri Cichon et al.

Adolescents and young adults disproportionately abuse 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; 'Ecstasy'); however, since most MDMA research has concentrated on adults, the effects of MDMA on the developing brain remain obscure. Therefore, we evaluated place conditioning to MDMA (or saline) during late adolescence and assessed anxiety-like behavior and monoamine levels during abstinence. Rats...