Murray R. Thompson

Neural correlates of MDMA (“Ecstasy”)-induced social interaction in rats

Social Neuroscience June 21, 2008 Murray R. Thompson, Glenn E. Hunt, Iain S. Mcgregor 48 citations

The popular drug 3,4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, "Ecstasy", "the Love Drug") produces feelings of love and closeness in humans and induces analogous prosocial and antiaggressive effects in laboratory animals. Here we examined the specific brain regions that may be involved in these prosocial effects. Male Wistar rats were pretreated with a moderate dose of MDMA (5 mg/kg) or vehicle and...