Increased cortisol levels in hair of recent Ecstasy/MDMA users.
European Neuropsychopharmacology March 1, 2014 Andrew C. Parrott, H. Sands, Lewis Jones et al. 35 citations
Previous research has revealed an acute 8-fold increase in salivary cortisol following self-administrated Ecstasy/MDMA in dance clubbers. It is currently not known to what extent repeated usage impacts upon activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis over a more prolonged period of time. This study investigated the integrated cortisol levels in 3-month hair samples from recent...