MDMA and Seizures: A Dangerous Liaison?
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences August 1, 2006 Filippo Sean Giorgi, Gloria Lazzeri, Gianfranco Natale et al. 33 citations
Abstract: In the past decades, there was a massive increase in the abuse of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) in the Western countries. Seizure onset after MDMA is considered to be related mainly to its acute systemic effects (e.g., hyponatremia and hyperthermia). However, additional mechanisms might concur to it as well. Experiments aimed at disclosing the basis for such an acute effect...