Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to stress in subjects with 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine ('ecstasy') use history: correlation with dopamine receptor sensitivity.
Psychiatry Research September 30, 2003 Gilberto Gerra, Sara Bassignana, Amir Zaimovic et al.
Fifteen 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, 'ecstasy') users who did not have other drug dependencies or prolonged alcohol abuse and 15 control subjects were studied. All the subjects were exposed to the same psychosocial stressor (Stroop Color-Word Interference Task, public speaking and mental arithmetic in front of an audience) 3 weeks after MDMA discontinuation. Plasma concentrations of...