Brain serotonin transporter binding in former users of MDMA (‘ecstasy’)
The British Journal of Psychiatry March 31, 2009 Sudhakar Selvaraj, Rosa Hoshi, Zubin Bhagwagar et al. 59 citations
Background Animal experimental studies have prompted concerns that widespread use of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; ‘ecstasy’) by young people may pose a major public health problem in terms of persistent serotonin neurotoxicity. Aims To determine the status of brain serotonin neurons in a group of abstinent MDMA users. Method We assessed the integrity of brain serotonin neurons by...