The 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) reduces prosocial behavior in the social preference test in male and female rats.
Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior February 1, 2026 Daniel A Palacios-Lagunas, Juan C Hernández-mondragón, Kjell Fuxé et al. 1 citation
The promotion of prosocial behavior is a remarkable MDMA property. Such an effect is rather uncommon among other psychoactive substances and has been proposed to be of relevance for the potential therapeutic utility of MDMA. We aim to expand our knowledge of the prosocial effects of MDMA, considering sex and housing conditions as extra variables. To this end, housed individually or...