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n-methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine and Encephalopathy, Toxic

n-methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine has been researched along with Encephalopathy, Toxic in 144 studies

N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine: An N-substituted amphetamine analog. It is a widely abused drug classified as a hallucinogen and causes marked, long-lasting changes in brain serotonergic systems. It is commonly referred to as MDMA or ecstasy.
3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine : A member of the class of benzodioxoles that is 1,3-benzodioxole substituted by a 2-(methylamino)propyl group at position 5.

Research Excerpts

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" One of such drugs is MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) or ecstasy due to its high consumption in relevant age and sex groups and its adverse effects on human and rodent developing brains."2.66Developmental neurotoxicity of MDMA. A systematic literature review summarized in a putative adverse outcome pathway. ( Barenys, M; Fritsche, E; Gómez-Catalán, J; Masjosthusmann, S; Reverte, I, 2020)
"3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) induces both acute adverse effects and long-term neurotoxic loss of brain 5-HT neurones in laboratory animals."2.48Lost in translation: preclinical studies on 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine provide information on mechanisms of action, but do not allow accurate prediction of adverse events in humans. ( Fone, KC; Green, AR; King, MV; Shortall, SE, 2012)
" Their abuse is associated with severe neurologic and psychiatric adverse events including the development of psychotic states."2.44Neurotoxicity of substituted amphetamines: molecular and cellular mechanisms. ( Cadet, JL; Jayanthi, S; Krasnova, IN; Lyles, J, 2007)
"This review of chronic tolerance to MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymetamphetamine) covers the empirical data on dosage escalation, reduced subjective efficacy and bingeing in recreational Ecstasy users."2.43Chronic tolerance to recreational MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) or Ecstasy. ( Parrott, AC, 2005)
" A mistaken belief that it is a safe drug of low toxicity and a long duration of action has led to its widespread popularity among teenagers and young adults in recent years."2.43[Ecstasy toxicity]. ( Reingardiene, D, 2006)
" Although generally regarded as relatively safe, several studies have suggested a toxic effect on brain neurons in animals and possibly in humans."2.42[Plusridisciplinary approaches to understand the neutoxic effects of Ecstasy]. ( Noble, F; Roques, BP, 2003)
" These adverse events might be related to the neurotoxic effects of the drug."2.42Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, Ecstasy) neurotoxicity: cellular and molecular mechanisms. ( Cadet, JL; Lyles, J, 2003)
" In the present paper, we review the extensive body of data demonstrating that MDMA produced toxic effects on brain 5-HT neurons in animals and present new data indicating that levels of the type 2 vesicular monoamine transporter are reduced in MDMA-treated animals, providing further indication of MDMA's 5-HT neurotoxic potential."2.41(+/-)3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine ('Ecstasy')-induced serotonin neurotoxicity: studies in animals. ( McCann, UD; Ricaurte, GA; Yuan, J, 2000)
" There are many methodological problems and uncertainties with research in this field: non-random allocation of subjects to drug conditions, the deleterious effects of other psychoactive drugs, and the possibility that these adverse profiles reflect pre-existing personality characteristics in Ecstasy users."2.41Human research on MDMA (3,4-methylene- dioxymethamphetamine) neurotoxicity: cognitive and behavioural indices of change. ( Parrott, AC, 2000)
"The recreational use of MDMA (ecstasy) by pregnant women is associated with impaired neuromotor function in infants, but the Adverse Outcome Pathway behind this effect is not clear yet."1.72Developmental exposure to MDMA (ecstasy) in zebrafish embryos reproduces the neurotoxicity adverse outcome 'lower motor activity' described in humans. ( Álvarez, S; Barenys, M; Gómez-Catalán, J; Santamaria, A; Teixidó, E, 2022)
"Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and methcathinone (MCAT) are abused psychostimulant drugs that produce adverse effects in human users that include hepatotoxicity and death."1.56High ambient temperature increases the toxicity and lethality of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine and methcathinone. ( Chen, Y; Hall, FS; Saber, YH; Tran, HTN, 2020)
" Current studies focused on the effects of co- and/or postinhibition of VMAT2 on the acute and chronic effects of MDMA and on the dose-response relationship between MDMA-induced elevations in body temperature and subsequent reductions in indolamine concentrations."1.51Concurrent Inhibition of Vesicular Monoamine Transporter 2 Does Not Protect Against 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (Ecstasy) Induced Neurotoxicity. ( Cholanians, AB; Lau, SS; Monks, TJ; Phan, AV, 2019)
" It is concluded that the two adverse events utilize distinctly different mediating molecules during the toxic initiation and intensification."1.51Differential role of dose and environment in initiating and intensifying neurotoxicity caused by MDMA in rats. ( Callanan, JJ; Ma, Z; Shields, CJ; Shokry, IM; Tao, R, 2019)
" However, its potential for adverse effects such as hyperthermia and neurotoxicity may limit its clinical viability."1.48Separating the agony from ecstasy: R(-)-3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine has prosocial and therapeutic-like effects without signs of neurotoxicity in mice. ( Curry, DW; Daoud, GE; Howell, LL; Tran, AN; Young, MB, 2018)
" The present study aimed to evaluate the differential toxic effects of MDMA in adolescent and aged Wistar rats, using doses pharmacologically comparable to humans."1.48Aged rats are more vulnerable than adolescents to "ecstasy"-induced toxicity. ( Barbosa, DJ; Bastos, ML; Capela, JP; Carvalho, F; Costa, VM; Duarte, JA; Duarte-Araújo, M; Feio-Azevedo, R; Fernandes, E; Gomes, S; Marques, F; Pereira, FC; Pita, I; Teixeira-Gomes, A, 2018)
" In conclusion, the study suggests a potentially dangerous effect of concomitant caffeine and mephedrone, and highlights the importance of taking polydrug use into consideration when investigating the acute adverse effect profile of popular recreational drugs."1.43Caffeine alters the behavioural and body temperature responses to mephedrone without causing long-term neurotoxicity in rats. ( Fone, KC; Green, AR; King, MV; Shortall, SE, 2016)
"Mephedrone is a stimulant drug of abuse with close structural and mechanistic similarities to methamphetamine and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)."1.40Effects of combined treatment with mephedrone and methamphetamine or 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine on serotonin nerve endings of the hippocampus. ( Angoa-Pérez, M; Francescutti, DM; Herrera-Mundo, N; Kane, MJ; Kuhn, DM, 2014)
" We showed that MDMA metabolites exhibited toxicity to SH-SY5Y differentiated cells, being the GSH and NAC conjugates more toxic than their catecholic precursors and MDMA."1.40"Ecstasy"-induced toxicity in SH-SY5Y differentiated cells: role of hyperthermia and metabolites. ( Barbosa, DJ; Bastos, ML; Branco, PS; Capela, JP; Carvalho, F; Fernandes, E; Ferreira, LM; Silva, R, 2014)
" In conclusion, MDMA catechol metabolites promote differential toxic effects to differentiated dopaminergic human SH-SY5Y cells."1.39Neurotoxicity of "ecstasy" and its metabolites in human dopaminergic differentiated SH-SY5Y cells. ( Bastos, ML; Branco, PS; Capela, JP; Carvalho, F; Costa, VM; Fernandes, E; Ferreira, LM; Ferreira, PS; Meisel, A; Nogueira, TB, 2013)
" These associations suggest that chronic use of MDMA may lead to HPA axis dysregulation and that the magnitude of this may be moderated by genetic polymorphism, and warrant further investigation in a larger sample of those who consume the drug on a regular basis."1.38Pharmacogenetic studies of change in cortisol on ecstasy (MDMA) consumption. ( Aitchison, KJ; Forsling, ML; Kerwin, RW; Pariante, CM; Tsapakis, EM; Wolff, K, 2012)
" suggest that animal data could not be used to predict the adverse effects of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) in humans and that MDMA did not produce 5-HT neurotoxicity in the human brain."1.38MDMA and 5-HT neurotoxicity: the empirical evidence for its adverse effects in humans - no need for translation. ( Parrott, AC, 2012)
" This case report indicates that even non-chronic MDMA use may cause subacute toxic encephalopathy in which the clinical evolution is paralleled by neuroimaging changes in specific cerebral areas."1.35Hippocampal remodelling after MDMA neurotoxicity: a single case study. ( Amistà, P; Battaglia, M; Bertagnoni, GE; Carollo, C; Costanzo, R; Lupi, A; Martinuzzi, A; Nifosì, F; Perini, G; Toffanin, T; Vestri, A, 2009)
"Converging evidence was found for a specific toxic effect of ecstasy on serotonergic axons in the thalamus."1.35Neurotoxic effects of ecstasy on the thalamus. ( Booij, J; de Win, MM; Heeten, GJ; Jager, G; Lavini, C; Olabarriaga, SD; Ramsey, NF; Reneman, L; Schilt, T; van den Brink, W, 2008)
"Citalopram pretreatment blocked MDMA-related reductions in aggressive and exploratory behavior measured in the social interaction and hole-board tests respectively."1.35Dissociation of the neurochemical and behavioral toxicology of MDMA ('Ecstasy') by citalopram. ( Ali, SF; Fraiman, JB; Meyer, JS; Owens, CB; Piper, BJ, 2008)
" Acute hyperthermia, plasma tyrosine levels and concentrations of MDMA and its main metabolites were higher after a toxic (15 mg/kg i."1.35On the role of tyrosine and peripheral metabolism in 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine-induced serotonin neurotoxicity in rats. ( Aguirre, N; de la Torre, R; Goñi-Allo, B; Hervias, I; Lasheras, B; Mathúna, BO; Puerta, E, 2008)
"3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, designated as "Ecstasy" if illicitly marketed in tablet form) induces significant decrements in neuronal serotonin (5-HT) markers in humans, nonhuman primates, and rats as a function of dosing and dosing regimen."1.34MDMA (Ecstasy) and human dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin transporters: implications for MDMA-induced neurotoxicity and treatment. ( Madras, BK; Miller, GM; Verrico, CD, 2007)
") 30 min before the same dosing of MDMA, and (4) treated with selegiline (2 mg/kg, i."1.34Monoamine oxidase-B mediates ecstasy-induced neurotoxic effects to adolescent rat brain mitochondria. ( Alves, CJ; Alves, E; Barata, JC; Bastos, Mde L; Carvalho, F; Fernandes, E; Gomes-da-Silva, J; Summavielle, T; Tavares, MA, 2007)
" Administration of MDMA leads to the formation of metabolites responsible for its toxic effects on serotonergic neurons in rats and non-human primates and on dopaminergic neurons in mice."1.31Involvement of free radicals in MDMA-induced neurotoxicity in mice. ( Cadet, JL; Jayanthi, S; Thiriet, N, 2001)

Research

Studies (144)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19900 (0.00)18.7374
1990's1 (0.69)18.2507
2000's77 (53.47)29.6817
2010's55 (38.19)24.3611
2020's11 (7.64)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Costa, G5
Gołembiowska, K2
Barenys, M2
Álvarez, S1
Santamaria, A1
Teixidó, E1
Gómez-Catalán, J2
Eslami, SM1
Khorshidi, L1
Ghasemi, M1
Rashidian, A1
Mirghazanfari, M1
Nezhadi, A1
Chamanara, M1
Mirjani, R1
Bavato, F1
Stamatakos, S1
Ohki, CMY1
Seifritz, E1
Romualdi, P1
Grünblatt, E1
Quednow, BB1
Serra, M1
Maccioni, R1
Casu, MA2
Kasture, SB1
Acquas, E1
Morelli, M5
Li, IH1
Liu, TT1
Chen, YC1
Hsiao, SH1
Hung, HY1
Fann, LY1
Shih, JH1
Reverte, I1
Masjosthusmann, S1
Fritsche, E1
Mead, J1
Parrott, A2
Chen, Y1
Tran, HTN1
Saber, YH1
Hall, FS1
Spulber, S1
Paci, E1
Ceccatelli, S1
Simola, N4
Abuin-Martínez, C1
Vidal, R1
Gutiérrez-López, MD2
Pérez-Hernández, M1
Giménez-Gómez, P1
Morales-Puerto, N1
O'Shea, E12
Colado, MI13
Curry, DW1
Young, MB1
Tran, AN1
Daoud, GE1
Howell, LL1
Feio-Azevedo, R1
Costa, VM3
Barbosa, DJ4
Teixeira-Gomes, A1
Pita, I1
Gomes, S1
Pereira, FC1
Duarte-Araújo, M1
Duarte, JA1
Marques, F1
Fernandes, E8
Bastos, ML4
Carvalho, F9
Capela, JP7
Cholanians, AB4
Phan, AV3
Lau, SS6
Monks, TJ6
Shokry, IM1
Shields, CJ1
Callanan, JJ1
Ma, Z1
Tao, R1
Parrott, AC9
Peraile, I3
Granado, N3
Torres, E3
Moratalla, R3
Angoa-Pérez, M1
Kane, MJ1
Herrera-Mundo, N1
Francescutti, DM1
Kuhn, DM1
Halpin, LE1
Collins, SA1
Yamamoto, BK2
Soleimani Asl, S1
Mousavizadeh, K1
Mousavizedeh, K1
Pourheydar, B1
Soleimani, M1
Rahbar, E1
Mehdizadeh, M1
Silva, R2
Vilas-Boas, V1
Ferreira, LM4
Branco, PS4
Bastos, Mde L3
Herndon, JM3
Serrat, R1
Mirra, S1
Quevedo, M1
de Barreda, EG1
Àvila, J1
Lourdes Bastos, Md1
Soriano, E1
Lizarraga, LE2
Górska, AM1
Noworyta-Sokołowska, K1
Ginat, DT1
Garg, A1
Kapoor, S1
Goel, M1
Chopra, S1
Chopra, M1
Kapoor, A1
McCann, UD9
Behera, C1
Chiu, CH1
Siow, TY1
Weng, SJ1
Hsu, YH1
Huang, YS1
Chang, KW1
Cheng, CY1
Ma, KH1
Khairnar, A1
García-Montes, JR1
Porceddu, PF2
Tizabi, Y1
Shortall, SE2
Green, AR7
Fone, KC3
King, MV2
Frau, L1
Vegting, Y1
Reneman, L5
Booij, J5
Clark, L1
Roiser, JP1
Robbins, TW1
Sahakian, BJ1
Nifosì, F1
Martinuzzi, A1
Toffanin, T1
Costanzo, R1
Vestri, A1
Battaglia, M1
Bertagnoni, GE1
Lupi, A1
Amistà, P1
Carollo, C1
Perini, G1
de Win, MM1
Jager, G1
Schilt, T1
Lavini, C1
Olabarriaga, SD1
Ramsey, NF1
Heeten, GJ1
van den Brink, W2
Cowan, RL2
Joers, JM1
Dietrich, MS1
Alves, E2
Summavielle, T2
Alves, CJ2
Custódio, JB1
de Lourdes Bastos, M1
Tavares, MA2
Piper, BJ3
Farelli, JD1
Meyer, JS5
Carmo, H1
Remião, F1
Meisel, A3
Mueller, M4
Kolbrich, EA1
Peters, FT2
Maurer, HH2
Huestis, MA2
Ricaurte, GA9
Yuan, J4
Felim, A1
Neudörffer, A3
Largeron, M3
Orio, L3
Llopis, N1
Izco, M3
Riezzo, I1
Cerretani, D1
Fiore, C1
Bello, S1
Centini, F1
D'Errico, S1
Fiaschi, AI1
Giorgi, G1
Neri, M1
Pomara, C1
Turillazzi, E1
Fineschi, V1
Escubedo, E4
Camarasa, J4
Chipana, C3
García-Ratés, S1
Pubill, D4
Baumann, MH2
Rothman, RB2
Rodsiri, R1
Marsden, CA1
Biezonski, DK1
Mayado, A1
Lopez-Jimenez, A1
Lopez-Moreno, JA1
Touriño, C1
Zimmer, A1
Valverde, O4
Puerta, E3
Hervias, I2
Goñi-Allo, B3
Zhang, SF1
Jordán, J1
Starkov, AA1
Aguirre, N3
Johnson, BN1
Abad, S1
Torres, I2
Adamaszek, M1
Khaw, AV1
Buck, U1
Andresen, B1
Thomasius, R1
Ruiz-Medina, J3
Ledent, C1
Carretón, O1
Ares-Santos, S1
Oliva, I1
Martin, ED1
Lyvers, M2
Martinez, CM1
Mechan, A1
McCann, U1
Edwards, RR1
Smith, MT1
Kelley, K1
Wilson, M1
Sgambati, F1
Ricaurte, G1
Wallinga, AE1
Grahlmann, C1
Granneman, RA1
Koolhaas, JM1
Buwalda, B1
Shen, EY1
Ali, SF5
Scheidweiler, KB1
Ladenheim, B1
Barnes, AJ1
Cadet, JL4
Wolff, K2
Tsapakis, EM1
Pariante, CM1
Kerwin, RW1
Forsling, ML1
Aitchison, KJ1
Ros-Simó, C1
Schouw, ML1
Gevers, S1
Caan, MW1
Majoie, CB1
Nederveen, AJ1
da Costa Araújo, S1
Ruscher, K1
Dirnagl, U1
Benningfield, MM1
Pinto-Xavier, A1
Rodríguez-Arias, M1
Miñarro, J1
Ferreira, PS1
Nogueira, TB1
Maldonado-Adrian, C1
Lock, J1
Adnum, L1
Thome, J1
Aitchison, K1
Habraken, JB1
De Bruin, K1
Hatzidimitriou, G2
Den Heeten, GJ2
Gamma, A1
Itzhak, Y3
Achat, CN1
Anderson, KL2
Sprague, JE2
Banks, ML1
Cook, VJ1
Mills, EM1
Boulu, R1
Roques, BP1
Noble, F1
Gramond, JP1
Fleury, MB1
Lyles, J2
Verbaten, MN1
Cord, BJ1
Domínguez Carmona, M1
Rebato, AM1
Sumnall, HR1
Jerome, L1
Doblin, R1
Mithoefer, MC1
Warburton, DM1
Achat-Mendes, CN1
Saadat, KS2
Elliott, JM3
Johnson, EA1
O'Callaghan, JP1
Miller, DB1
Jones, DC2
Bai, F2
Gouzoulis-Meyfrank, E1
Rodgers, J1
Solowij, N1
Nichols, DE1
Achat-Mendes, C1
Campbell, S1
Qureshi, T1
Sala, M1
Braida, D1
Verrico, CD1
Miller, GM1
Madras, BK1
Schreckenberger, M1
Vu, HL1
Safain, MG1
Oliver, AJ1
Guillot, C1
Li, SX1
Li, J1
Wang, X2
Peng, ZG1
Kuang, WH1
Huang, MS1
Fantegrossi, WE1
Reingardiene, D1
Jones, BC1
Cassel, JC1
Escobedo, I1
Sessa, B1
Krasnova, IN1
Jayanthi, S2
Fraiman, JB1
Owens, CB1
Gomes-da-Silva, J1
Barata, JC1
O Mathúna, B1
Segura, M1
Lasheras, B2
de la Torre, R2
Nakagawa, T1
Kaneko, S1
Mathúna, BO1
Shankaran, M1
Gudelsky, GA1
Boot, BP1
McGregor, IS1
Hall, W1
Eligulashvili, V1
Schifano, F1
Curran, HV1
Turner, JJ1
Kelly, PA1
Russell, BR1
Laverty, R1
Thiriet, N1
Mechan, AO1
Lavalaye, J1
Schmand, B1
de Wolff, FA1
Molliver, ME1
Croft, RJ1
Klugman, A1
Baldeweg, T1
Gruzelier, JH1
Kalant, H1

Reviews

35 reviews available for n-methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine and Encephalopathy, Toxic

ArticleYear
Neurotoxicity of MDMA: Main effects and mechanisms.
    Experimental neurology, 2022, Volume: 347

    Topics: Animals; Brain; Hallucinogens; Humans; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neurotoxicity Syndrom

2022
Developmental neurotoxicity of MDMA. A systematic literature review summarized in a putative adverse outcome pathway.
    Neurotoxicology, 2020, Volume: 78

    Topics: Adverse Outcome Pathways; Animals; Brain; Female; Humans; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Ne

2020
Mephedrone and MDMA: A comparative review.
    Brain research, 2020, 05-15, Volume: 1735

    Topics: Brain; Humans; Methamphetamine; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neurotoxicity Syndromes

2020
MDMA, serotonergic neurotoxicity, and the diverse functional deficits of recreational 'Ecstasy' users.
    Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, 2013, Volume: 37, Issue:8

    Topics: Amphetamine-Related Disorders; Cognition; Cognition Disorders; Humans; Illicit Drugs; Memory; N-Meth

2013
Neurotoxicity of methamphetamine and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine.
    Life sciences, 2014, Feb-27, Volume: 97, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Central Nervous System Stimulants; Dopamine; Hallucinogens; Humans; Methamphetamine; Mitoch

2014
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Abstinent MDMA Users: A Review.
    Current drug abuse reviews, 2015, Volume: 8, Issue:1

    Topics: Amphetamine-Related Disorders; Animals; Brain; Cognition; Cognition Disorders; Hallucinogens; Humans

2015
Amphetamine-related drugs neurotoxicity in humans and in experimental animals: Main mechanisms.
    Progress in neurobiology, 2017, Volume: 155

    Topics: Animals; Brain; Humans; Methamphetamine; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neurotoxicity Syndr

2017
The effects of ecstasy on neurotransmitter systems: a review on the findings of molecular imaging studies.
    Psychopharmacology, 2016, Volume: 233, Issue:19-20

    Topics: Animals; Brain; Dopamine; Functional Neuroimaging; Hallucinogens; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging

2016
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of ecstasy-induced neurotoxicity: an overview.
    Molecular neurobiology, 2009, Volume: 39, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Humans; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neurotoxicity Syndromes; Polymorphism, Gene

2009
Involvement of nicotinic receptors in methamphetamine- and MDMA-induced neurotoxicity: pharmacological implications.
    International review of neurobiology, 2009, Volume: 88

    Topics: Animals; Brain; Central Nervous System Stimulants; Humans; Methamphetamine; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedi

2009
Lost in translation: preclinical studies on 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine provide information on mechanisms of action, but do not allow accurate prediction of adverse events in humans.
    British journal of pharmacology, 2012, Volume: 166, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Blood Proteins; Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; Hallucinogens; Humans; N-Methyl-3,4-methylene

2012
Brain serotonin function in MDMA (ecstasy) users: evidence for persisting neurotoxicity.
    Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2013, Volume: 38, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Brain Chemistry; Humans; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neurotoxicity Syndromes; R

2013
[Plusridisciplinary approaches to understand the neutoxic effects of Ecstasy].
    Annales pharmaceutiques francaises, 2003, Volume: 61, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Hallucinogens; Humans; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neurons; Neurotoxicity Syndr

2003
[Biomimetic electrochemical synthesis of quinol-thioether conjugates: their implication in the serotonergic neurotoxicity of amphetamine derivatives].
    Annales pharmaceutiques francaises, 2003, Volume: 61, Issue:3

    Topics: Amphetamines; Animals; Biotransformation; Electrochemistry; Hallucinogens; Humans; Hydroquinones; Mo

2003
Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, Ecstasy) neurotoxicity: cellular and molecular mechanisms.
    Brain research. Brain research reviews, 2003, Volume: 42, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Brain; Embryonic and Fetal Development; Hallucinogens; Humans; Models, Animal; N-Methyl-3,4

2003
Specific memory deficits in ecstasy users? The results of a meta-analysis.
    Human psychopharmacology, 2003, Volume: 18, Issue:4

    Topics: Attention; Hallucinogens; Humans; Memory Disorders; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neurotox

2003
The role of metabolism in 3,4-(+)-methylenedioxyamphetamine and 3,4-(+)-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy) toxicity.
    Therapeutic drug monitoring, 2004, Volume: 26, Issue:2

    Topics: 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine; Animals; Blood-Brain Barrier; Catechols; Hallucinogens; Humans; Illic

2004
A review of the mechanisms involved in the acute MDMA (ecstasy)-induced hyperthermic response.
    European journal of pharmacology, 2004, Oct-01, Volume: 500, Issue:1-3

    Topics: Animals; Body Temperature; Cytokines; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Hallucinogens; Humans; Hypot

2004
MDMA (3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine) or ecstasy: the neuropsychobiological implications of taking it at dances and raves.
    Neuropsychobiology, 2004, Volume: 50, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Dancing; Disease Models, Animal; Environment; Hallucinogens; Humans; Illicit Drugs; N-Methy

2004
Chronic tolerance to recreational MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) or Ecstasy.
    Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England), 2005, Volume: 19, Issue:1

    Topics: Drug Tolerance; Humans; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neurotoxicity Syndromes; Serotonin;

2005
Endocannabinoids and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) interaction.
    Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 2005, Volume: 81, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Cannabinoid Receptor Modulators; Cannabis; Drug Interactions; Endocannabinoids; Hallucinoge

2005
A clinical crossroads for MDMA.
    Journal of psychoactive drugs, 2005, Volume: 37, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Hallucinogens; Humans; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neurotoxicity Syndromes; Ser

2005
3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) neurotoxicity in rats: a reappraisal of past and present findings.
    Psychopharmacology, 2007, Volume: 189, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Anxiety; Behavior, Animal; Biogenic Monoamines; Brain; Dopamine; Dose-Response Relationship

2007
Reinforcing effects of methylenedioxy amphetamine congeners in rhesus monkeys: are intravenous self-administration experiments relevant to MDMA neurotoxicity?
    Psychopharmacology, 2007, Volume: 189, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Behavior, Animal; Biogenic Monoamines; Brain; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Hallucinoge

2007
Recreational ecstasy use and the neurotoxic potential of MDMA: current status of the controversy and methodological issues.
    Drug and alcohol review, 2006, Volume: 25, Issue:3

    Topics: Amphetamine-Related Disorders; Animals; Brain; Cognition Disorders; Diagnostic Imaging; Disease Mode

2006
[Ecstasy toxicity].
    Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2006, Volume: 42, Issue:6

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Cardiovascular Diseases; Emergencies; Hallucinogens; Hospitalization

2006
Neurotoxicity of substituted amphetamines: molecular and cellular mechanisms.
    Neurotoxicity research, 2007, Volume: 11, Issue:3-4

    Topics: Amphetamines; Animals; Apoptosis; Central Nervous System Stimulants; Dopamine; Fever; Humans; Metham

2007
Neuropsychotoxicity of abused drugs: molecular and neural mechanisms of neuropsychotoxicity induced by methamphetamine, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy), and 5-methoxy-N,N-diisopropyltryptamine (foxy).
    Journal of pharmacological sciences, 2008, Volume: 106, Issue:1

    Topics: 5-Methoxytryptamine; Animals; Brain; Central Nervous System Stimulants; Dopamine; Dopamine Plasma Me

2008
(+/-)3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine ('Ecstasy')-induced serotonin neurotoxicity: studies in animals.
    Neuropsychobiology, 2000, Volume: 42, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neurons; Neurotoxicity Syndromes; Serotonin Agents

2000
(+/-)3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine ('Ecstasy')-induced serotonin neurotoxicity: clinical studies.
    Neuropsychobiology, 2000, Volume: 42, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Hallucinogens; Humans; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neurotoxicity Syndromes; Ser

2000
Human research on MDMA (3,4-methylene- dioxymethamphetamine) neurotoxicity: cognitive and behavioural indices of change.
    Neuropsychobiology, 2000, Volume: 42, Issue:1

    Topics: Behavior; Cognition; Hallucinogens; Humans; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neurotoxicity Sy

2000
Potential human neurotoxicity of MDMA ('Ecstasy'): subjective self-reports, evidence from an Italian drug addiction centre and clinical case studies.
    Neuropsychobiology, 2000, Volume: 42, Issue:1

    Topics: Hallucinogens; Humans; Italy; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neurotoxicity Syndromes; Serot

2000
Is MDMA ('Ecstasy') neurotoxic in humans? An overview of evidence and of methodological problems in research.
    Neuropsychobiology, 2000, Volume: 42, Issue:1

    Topics: Hallucinogens; Humans; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neurotoxicity Syndromes; Research; Se

2000
The pharmacology and toxicology of "ecstasy" (MDMA) and related drugs.
    CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 2001, Oct-02, Volume: 165, Issue:7

    Topics: Amphetamines; Brain; Cardiovascular System; Humans; Liver; Mental Disorders; N-Methyl-3,4-methylened

2001
Recreational Ecstasy/MDMA, the serotonin syndrome, and serotonergic neurotoxicity.
    Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 2002, Volume: 71, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Cognition Disorders; Humans; Memory Disorders; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neur

2002

Trials

2 trials available for n-methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine and Encephalopathy, Toxic

ArticleYear
Disrupted 'reflection' impulsivity in cannabis users but not current or former ecstasy users.
    Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England), 2009, Volume: 23, Issue:1

    Topics: Adult; Demography; Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders; Female; Hallucinogens; Humans

2009
Altered pain responses in abstinent (±)3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, "ecstasy") users.
    Psychopharmacology, 2011, Volume: 217, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Brain; Female; Humans; Male; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neuropsychological Tests

2011

Other Studies

107 other studies available for n-methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine and Encephalopathy, Toxic

ArticleYear
Developmental exposure to MDMA (ecstasy) in zebrafish embryos reproduces the neurotoxicity adverse outcome 'lower motor activity' described in humans.
    Neurotoxicology, 2022, Volume: 88

    Topics: Animals; Brain; Embryonic Development; Humans; Locomotion; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; N

2022
Protective effects of atorvastatin and rosuvastatin on 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-induced spatial learning and memory impairment.
    Inflammopharmacology, 2021, Volume: 29, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Apoptosis; Atorvastatin; Cognitive Dysfunction; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Hippocamp

2021
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor protects serotonergic neurons against 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine ("Ecstasy") induced cytoskeletal damage.
    Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996), 2022, Volume: 129, Issue:5-6

    Topics: Animals; Brain; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neurotoxi

2022
Withania somnifera influences MDMA-induced hyperthermic, cognitive, neurotoxic and neuroinflammatory effects in mice.
    Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie, 2023, Volume: 161

    Topics: Animals; Cognition; Gliosis; Hyperthermia, Induced; Mice; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Ne

2023
Therapeutic effects of methimazole on 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine-induced hyperthermia and serotonergic neurotoxicity.
    Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie, 2023, Volume: 164

    Topics: Animals; Body Temperature; Hyperthermia, Induced; Male; Methimazole; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamph

2023
High ambient temperature increases the toxicity and lethality of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine and methcathinone.
    Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 2020, Volume: 192

    Topics: Ammonia; Animals; Brain; Central Nervous System Stimulants; Disease Models, Animal; Female; Glutamic

2020
In utero exposure to dexamethasone causes a persistent and age-dependent exacerbation of the neurotoxic effects and glia activation induced by MDMA in dopaminergic brain regions of C57BL/6J mice.
    Neurotoxicology, 2021, Volume: 83

    Topics: Age Factors; Animals; Brain; Calcium-Binding Proteins; Dexamethasone; Disease Models, Animal; Diseas

2021
Increased kynurenine concentration attenuates serotonergic neurotoxicity induced by 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) in rats through activation of aryl hydrocarbon receptor.
    Neuropharmacology, 2021, 04-01, Volume: 187

    Topics: Animals; Autoradiography; Hippocampus; Kynurenine; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neurotoxi

2021
Progression and Persistence of Neurotoxicity Induced by MDMA in Dopaminergic Regions of the Mouse Brain and Association with Noradrenergic, GABAergic, and Serotonergic Damage.
    Neurotoxicity research, 2017, Volume: 32, Issue:4

    Topics: Adrenergic Neurons; Animals; Brain; Corpus Striatum; Dopamine; Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Pr

2017
Separating the agony from ecstasy: R(-)-3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine has prosocial and therapeutic-like effects without signs of neurotoxicity in mice.
    Neuropharmacology, 2018, Volume: 128

    Topics: Animals; Body Temperature; Brain; Conditioning, Classical; Dopamine; Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transp

2018
Aged rats are more vulnerable than adolescents to "ecstasy"-induced toxicity.
    Archives of toxicology, 2018, Volume: 92, Issue:7

    Topics: Aging; Animals; Brain; Dopamine; Fever; Heart; Liver; Male; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine;

2018
Concurrent Inhibition of Vesicular Monoamine Transporter 2 Does Not Protect Against 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (Ecstasy) Induced Neurotoxicity.
    Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology, 2019, 07-01, Volume: 170, Issue:1

    Topics: 2H-Benzo(a)quinolizin-2-ol, 2-Ethyl-1,3,4,6,7,11b-hexahydro-3-isobutyl-9,10-dimethoxy-; Animals; Bod

2019
Differential role of dose and environment in initiating and intensifying neurotoxicity caused by MDMA in rats.
    BMC pharmacology & toxicology, 2019, 08-05, Volume: 20, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Brain; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Environment; Male; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamph

2019
Cocaine potentiates MDMA-induced oxidative stress but not dopaminergic neurotoxicity in mice: implications for the pathogenesis of free radical-induced neurodegenerative disorders.
    Psychopharmacology, 2013, Volume: 230, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Cocaine; Corpus Striatum; Dopamine; Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; Free Radic

2013
Effects of combined treatment with mephedrone and methamphetamine or 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine on serotonin nerve endings of the hippocampus.
    Life sciences, 2014, Feb-27, Volume: 97, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Central Nervous System Stimulants; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Designer Drugs; Fe

2014
Protective effects of N-acetylcysteine on 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine-induced neurotoxicity in male Sprague-Dawley rats.
    Metabolic brain disease, 2013, Volume: 28, Issue:4

    Topics: Acetylcysteine; Animals; bcl-2-Associated X Protein; Caspase 3; Cell Death; Down-Regulation; Hippoca

2013
The mixture of "ecstasy" and its metabolites is toxic to human SH-SY5Y differentiated cells at in vivo relevant concentrations.
    Archives of toxicology, 2014, Volume: 88, Issue:2

    Topics: Acetylcysteine; Calcium; Caspase 3; Cell Differentiation; Cell Line; Deoxyepinephrine; Dopamine; Dop

2014
"Ecstasy"-induced toxicity in SH-SY5Y differentiated cells: role of hyperthermia and metabolites.
    Archives of toxicology, 2014, Volume: 88, Issue:2

    Topics: 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine; Acetylcysteine; Caspase 3; Cell Death; Cell Differentiation; Cell Lin

2014
Glial cell response to 3,4-(+/-)-methylenedioxymethamphetamine and its metabolites.
    Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology, 2014, Volume: 138, Issue:1

    Topics: 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine; Animals; Astrocytes; Cell Proliferation; Cells, Cultured; Coculture T

2014
The mixture of "ecstasy" and its metabolites impairs mitochondrial fusion/fission equilibrium and trafficking in hippocampal neurons, at in vivo relevant concentrations.
    Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology, 2014, Volume: 139, Issue:2

    Topics: Adenosine Triphosphate; Animals; Axonal Transport; Calcium; Cell Survival; Cells, Cultured; Dose-Res

2014
Serotonin reuptake transporter deficiency modulates the acute thermoregulatory and locomotor activity response to 3,4-(±)-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, and attenuates depletions in serotonin levels in SERT-KO rats.
    Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology, 2014, Volume: 139, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Body Temperature; Body Temperature Regulation; Brain; Gene Knockdown Techniques; Hydroxyind

2014
The effect of caffeine on MDMA-induced hydroxyl radical production in the mouse striatum.
    Pharmacological reports : PR, 2014, Volume: 66, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Caffeine; Corpus Striatum; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Hydroxyl Radical; Male; Mice;

2014
Vesicular monoamine transporter 2 and the acute and long-term response to 3,4-(±)-methylenedioxymethamphetamine.
    Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology, 2015, Volume: 143, Issue:1

    Topics: 2H-Benzo(a)quinolizin-2-ol, 2-Ethyl-1,3,4,6,7,11b-hexahydro-3-isobutyl-9,10-dimethoxy-; Animals; Beh

2015
MRI of toxic leukoencephalopathy syndrome associated with methylenedioxymethamphetamine.
    Neurology, 2015, Feb-17, Volume: 84, Issue:7

    Topics: Adolescent; Brain; Diagnosis, Differential; Humans; Leukoencephalopathies; Magnetic Resonance Imagin

2015
Effect of MDMA-Induced Axotomy on the Dorsal Raphe Forebrain Tract in Rats: An In Vivo Manganese-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.
    PloS one, 2015, Volume: 10, Issue:9

    Topics: Animals; Axons; Axotomy; Corpus Striatum; Dorsal Raphe Nucleus; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Ma

2015
Caffeine alters the behavioural and body temperature responses to mephedrone without causing long-term neurotoxicity in rats.
    Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England), 2016, Volume: 30, Issue:7

    Topics: Animals; Behavior, Animal; Body Temperature; Brain; Caffeine; Discrimination, Psychological; Dopamin

2016
Effect of crowding, temperature and age on glia activation and dopaminergic neurotoxicity induced by MDMA in the mouse brain.
    Neurotoxicology, 2016, Volume: 56

    Topics: Aging; Analysis of Variance; Animals; Body Temperature; CD11b Antigen; Crowding; Disease Models, Ani

2016
Hippocampal remodelling after MDMA neurotoxicity: a single case study.
    The world journal of biological psychiatry : the official journal of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry, 2009, Volume: 10, Issue:4 Pt 3

    Topics: Adolescent; Anticonvulsants; Body Temperature Regulation; Cognition Disorders; Electroencephalograph

2009
Neurotoxic effects of ecstasy on the thalamus.
    The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 2008, Volume: 193, Issue:4

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Amphetamine-Related Disorders; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Magnetic

2008
N-acetylaspartate (NAA) correlates inversely with cannabis use in a frontal language processing region of neocortex in MDMA (Ecstasy) polydrug users: a 3 T magnetic resonance spectroscopy study.
    Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 2009, Volume: 92, Issue:1

    Topics: Amphetamine-Related Disorders; Aspartic Acid; Biomarkers; Brain Chemistry; Female; Hallucinogens; Hu

2009
Ecstasy-induced oxidative stress to adolescent rat brain mitochondria in vivo: influence of monoamine oxidase type A.
    Addiction biology, 2009, Volume: 14, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Animals, Newborn; Brain; Hallucinogens; Lipid Peroxidation; Mitochondria; Monoamine Oxidase

2009
Dissociation between serotonin neurotoxicity and brain-derived neurotrophic factor induction following neonatal MDMA exposure in rats.
    Developmental neuroscience, 2009, Volume: 31, Issue:1-2

    Topics: Aging; Animals; Animals, Newborn; Brain Chemistry; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; Cerebral Corte

2009
Direct comparison of (+/-) 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine ("ecstasy") disposition and metabolism in squirrel monkeys and humans.
    Therapeutic drug monitoring, 2009, Volume: 31, Issue:3

    Topics: 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine; Adolescent; Animals; Brain; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Dru

2009
Further studies on the role of metabolites in (+/-)-3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine-induced serotonergic neurotoxicity.
    Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals, 2009, Volume: 37, Issue:10

    Topics: 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine; Animals; Deoxyepinephrine; Disease Models, Animal; Male; N-Methyl-3,4

2009
A study on the mechanisms by which minocycline protects against MDMA ('ecstasy')-induced neurotoxicity of 5-HT cortical neurons.
    Neurotoxicity research, 2010, Volume: 18, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Drug Administration Schedule; Fever; Frontal Lobe; Hypothalamus; Inflammation; Interleukin-

2010
Enzymatic-nonenzymatic cellular antioxidant defense systems response and immunohistochemical detection of MDMA, VMAT2, HSP70, and apoptosis as biomarkers for MDMA (Ecstasy) neurotoxicity.
    Journal of neuroscience research, 2010, Volume: 88, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Biomarkers; Brain; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Disease Models, Animal; Electroche

2010
Neural and cardiac toxicities associated with 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA).
    International review of neurobiology, 2009, Volume: 88

    Topics: Animals; Brain; Heart; Heart Valve Diseases; Humans; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neurons

2009
Effect of acute brain tyrosine depletion on MDMA-induced changes in brain 5-HT.
    Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England), 2010, Volume: 24, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Corpus Striatum; Dopamine; Fever; Hippocampus; Male; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine

2010
Effects of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) on serotonin transporter and vesicular monoamine transporter 2 protein and gene expression in rats: implications for MDMA neurotoxicity.
    Journal of neurochemistry, 2010, Volume: 112, Issue:4

    Topics: 5,7-Dihydroxytryptamine; Animals; Area Under Curve; Benzylamines; Brain; Central Nervous System Stim

2010
Dopamine transporter down-regulation following repeated cocaine: implications for 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine-induced acute effects and long-term neurotoxicity in mice.
    British journal of pharmacology, 2010, Volume: 159, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Cell Membrane; Cocaine; Corpus Striatum; Dopamine; Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Prote

2010
THC Prevents MDMA Neurotoxicity in Mice.
    PloS one, 2010, Feb-10, Volume: 5, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Astrocytes; Body Temperature; Dronabinol; Fever; Hallucinogens; Indoles; Mice; Mice, Inbred

2010
Methylenedioxymethamphetamine inhibits mitochondrial complex I activity in mice: a possible mechanism underlying neurotoxicity.
    British journal of pharmacology, 2010, Volume: 160, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Antioxidants; Corpus Striatum; Dopamine; Electron Transport Complex I; Free Radicals; Hallu

2010
Chronic stress enhances the corticosterone response and neurotoxicity to +3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA): the role of ambient temperature.
    The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 2010, Volume: 335, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Body Temperature; Brain Chemistry; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Corticosterone; Do

2010
Comparative neurochemical profile of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine and its metabolite alpha-methyldopamine on key targets of MDMA neurotoxicity.
    Neurochemistry international, 2011, Volume: 58, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Cell Membrane; Cell Survival; Cocaine; Deoxyepinephrine; Dopamine; Dopamine Plasma Membrane

2011
Evidence of neurotoxicity of ecstasy: sustained effects on electroencephalographic activity in polydrug users.
    PloS one, 2010, Nov-23, Volume: 5, Issue:11

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Alpha Rhythm; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; Electroencephalograp

2010
The A2a adenosine receptor modulates the reinforcement efficacy and neurotoxicity of MDMA.
    Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England), 2011, Volume: 25, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Anxiety; Astrocytes; Behavior, Animal; Body Temperature; Central Nervous System Stimulants;

2011
Dopamine D2-receptor knockout mice are protected against dopaminergic neurotoxicity induced by methamphetamine or MDMA.
    Neurobiology of disease, 2011, Volume: 42, Issue:3

    Topics: Analysis of Variance; Animals; Body Temperature; Central Nervous System Stimulants; Corpus Striatum;

2011
Commentary on Halpern et al. (2011): strengthening the case against functionally significant serotonergic neurotoxicity in human MDMA (ecstasy) users.
    Addiction (Abingdon, England), 2011, Volume: 106, Issue:4

    Topics: Fenfluramine; Hallucinogens; Humans; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neurotoxicity Syndromes

2011
Synthesis and neurotoxicity profile of 2,4,5-trihydroxymethamphetamine and its 6-(N-acetylcystein-S-yl) conjugate.
    Chemical research in toxicology, 2011, Jun-20, Volume: 24, Issue:6

    Topics: Acetylcysteine; Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors; Animals; Brain; Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; Male; Metham

2011
Gender differences in hyperthermia and regional 5-HT and 5-HIAA depletion in the brain following MDMA administration in rats.
    Brain research, 2011, Jun-29, Volume: 1398

    Topics: Animals; Brain; Disease Models, Animal; Female; Fever; Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; Male; N-Methyl-3,4-

2011
Residual neurocognitive features of ecstasy use: a re-interpretation of Halpern et al. (2011) consistent with serotonergic neurotoxicity.
    Addiction (Abingdon, England), 2011, Volume: 106, Issue:7

    Topics: Cognition; Humans; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neuropsychological Tests; Neurotoxicity S

2011
Chronic administration of THC prevents the behavioral effects of intermittent adolescent MDMA administration and attenuates MDMA-induced hyperthermia and neurotoxicity in rats.
    Neuropharmacology, 2011, Volume: 61, Issue:8

    Topics: Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors; Age Factors; Analysis of Variance; Animals; Animals, Newborn; Behavior

2011
(±)-3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine and metabolite disposition in plasma and striatum of wild-type and multidrug resistance protein 1a knock-out mice.
    Journal of analytical toxicology, 2011, Volume: 35, Issue:7

    Topics: Animals; ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B; Biotransformation; Corpus Striatum; Data Int

2011
Pharmacogenetic studies of change in cortisol on ecstasy (MDMA) consumption.
    Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England), 2012, Volume: 26, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Amino Acid Substitution; Biomarkers; Biotransformation; Catechol O-Methyltransferase; Cohort

2012
Behavioural and neuroinflammatory effects of the combination of binge ethanol and MDMA in mice.
    Psychopharmacology, 2012, Volume: 221, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Anxiety; Behavior, Animal; Body Temperature; Drug Interactions; Ethanol; Hallucinogens; Inf

2012
Mapping serotonergic dysfunction in MDMA (ecstasy) users using pharmacological MRI.
    European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2012, Volume: 22, Issue:8

    Topics: Adult; Affect; Brain Mapping; Cerebrovascular Circulation; Cross-Sectional Studies; Hallucinogens; H

2012
MDMA and 5-HT neurotoxicity: the empirical evidence for its adverse effects in humans - no need for translation.
    British journal of pharmacology, 2012, Volume: 166, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Hallucinogens; Humans; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neurotoxicity Syndromes

2012
The neurotoxicity of hallucinogenic amphetamines in primary cultures of hippocampal neurons.
    Neurotoxicology, 2013, Volume: 34

    Topics: Amphetamines; Animals; Apoptosis Inducing Factor; Biomarkers; Blotting, Western; Caspase 3; Caspase

2013
Influence of chronic caffeine on MDMA-induced behavioral and neuroinflammatory response in mice.
    Psychopharmacology, 2013, Volume: 226, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Anxiety; Astrocytes; Behavior, Animal; Body Temperature; Caffeine; Central Nervous System S

2013
Neurotoxicity of "ecstasy" and its metabolites in human dopaminergic differentiated SH-SY5Y cells.
    Toxicology letters, 2013, Feb-04, Volume: 216, Issue:2-3

    Topics: 1,2-Dihydroxybenzene-3,5-Disulfonic Acid Disodium Salt; Acetylcysteine; Buthionine Sulfoximine; Cell

2013
Studies of (±)-3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) metabolism and disposition in rats and mice: relationship to neuroprotection and neurotoxicity profile.
    The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 2013, Volume: 344, Issue:2

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Animals; Biotransformation; Body Temperature; Brain; Dopamine; Dose-Response R

2013
MDMA can increase cortisol levels by 800% in dance clubbers.
    Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England), 2013, Volume: 27, Issue:1

    Topics: Arginine Vasopressin; Catechol O-Methyltransferase; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6; Female; Humans; Hydroco

2013
Reply to 'MDMA can increase cortical levels by 800% in dance clubbers' Parrott et al.
    Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England), 2013, Volume: 27, Issue:1

    Topics: Arginine Vasopressin; Catechol O-Methyltransferase; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6; Female; Humans; Hydroco

2013
Validity of [123I]beta-CIT SPECT in detecting MDMA-induced serotonergic neurotoxicity.
    Synapse (New York, N.Y.), 2002, Dec-01, Volume: 46, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Autoradiography; Brain; Brain Mapping; Cocaine; Drug Administration Schedule; Iodine Radioi

2002
"Ecstasy" and neurotoxic effects on the brain.
    Toxicology letters, 2003, Jan-13, Volume: 136, Issue:3

    Topics: Brain Chemistry; Cerebrovascular Circulation; Glucose; Hallucinogens; Humans; N-Methyl-3,4-methylene

2003
Relevance of MDMA ("ecstasy")-induced neurotoxicity to long-lasting psychomotor stimulation in mice.
    Psychopharmacology, 2003, Volume: 166, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Brain Chemistry; Carrier Proteins; Central Nervous System Stimulants; Cocaine; Dopamine; Do

2003
Hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis and sympathetic nervous system involvement in hyperthermia induced by 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (Ecstasy).
    The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 2003, Volume: 305, Issue:1

    Topics: 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine; Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; Animals; Drug Interactions; Fever; Hypo

2003
[On ecstasy].
    Annales pharmaceutiques francaises, 2003, Volume: 61, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Hallucinogens; Humans; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neurons; Neurotoxicity Syndr

2003
Is frequent dosing with ecstasy a risky business for dopamine-containing neurons?
    Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2003, Volume: 24, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Dopamine; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Humans; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine;

2003
Response to O'Shea and Colado: the MDMA neurotoxicity profile might provide clues to mechanisms.
    Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2003, Volume: 24, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Dopamine; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Humans; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine;

2003
[Health problems of designer drugs].
    Anales de la Real Academia Nacional de Medicina, 2003, Volume: 120, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Designer Drugs; Dopamine; Humans; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neurotoxicity Syn

2003
Response to: Parrott AC, Buchanan T, Heffernan TM, Scholey A, Ling J, Rodgers J (2003) Parkinson's disorder, psychomotor problems and dopaminergic neurotoxicity in recreational ecstasy/MDMA users. Psychopharmacology 167(4):449-450.
    Psychopharmacology, 2004, Volume: 171, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Dopamine; Hallucinogens; Humans; Illicit Drugs; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neu

2004
Editorial note: MDMA-induced dopamine neurotoxicity.
    Psychopharmacology, 2004, Volume: 171, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Dopamine; Hallucinogens; Humans; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neurotoxicity Synd

2004
Long-lasting behavioral sensitization to psychostimulants following p-chloroamphetamine-induced neurotoxicity in mice.
    Neuropharmacology, 2004, Volume: 46, Issue:1

    Topics: Anesthetics, Local; Animals; Behavior, Animal; Binding Sites; Brain Chemistry; Carrier Proteins; Chr

2004
Hyperthermic and neurotoxic effect of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) in guinea pigs.
    Psychopharmacology, 2004, Volume: 173, Issue:3-4

    Topics: Animals; Corpus Striatum; Dopamine; Dopamine Agents; Fever; Guinea Pigs; Male; N-Methyl-3,4-methylen

2004
Brain concentrations of d-MDMA are increased after stress.
    Psychopharmacology, 2004, Volume: 173, Issue:3-4

    Topics: Animals; Body Temperature; Cold Temperature; Corpus Striatum; Dopamine; Female; Hypothermia; Mice; M

2004
Ecstasy/MDMA and cannabis: the complexities of their interactive neuropsychobiological effects.
    Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England), 2004, Volume: 18, Issue:4

    Topics: Cannabis; Drug Interactions; Hallucinogens; Humans; Marijuana Abuse; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamph

2004
Neurotoxicity of MDMA (ecstasy): beyond metabolism.
    Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2005, Volume: 26, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Mice; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neurons; Neurotoxicity Syndromes; Neurotoxins

2005
Differential effects of amphetamines-induced neurotoxicity on appetitive and aversive Pavlovian conditioning in mice.
    Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2005, Volume: 30, Issue:6

    Topics: Amphetamines; Animals; Antimanic Agents; Appetitive Behavior; Avoidance Learning; Central Nervous Sy

2005
Taking Ecstasy... it's child's play!
    Paediatric anaesthesia, 2005, Volume: 15, Issue:3

    Topics: Anticonvulsants; Critical Illness; Exanthema; Female; Hallucinogens; Hemodynamics; Humans; Hyponatre

2005
Studies on the effect of MDMA ('ecstasy') on the body temperature of rats housed at different ambient room temperatures.
    British journal of pharmacology, 2005, Volume: 146, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Body Temperature; Brain Chemistry; Dopamine Antagonists; Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonists;

2005
MDMA (Ecstasy) and human dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin transporters: implications for MDMA-induced neurotoxicity and treatment.
    Psychopharmacology, 2007, Volume: 189, Issue:4

    Topics: Binding, Competitive; Brain; Cell Line; Dopamine; Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; Dose-

2007
"Ecstasy"-induced neurotoxicity: the contribution of functional brain imaging.
    European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2006, Volume: 33, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Brain; Diagnostic Imaging; Humans; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neurotoxicity Sy

2006
Repeated adolescent 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) exposure in rats attenuates the effects of a subsequent challenge with MDMA or a 5-hydroxytryptamine(1A) receptor agonist.
    The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 2006, Volume: 317, Issue:2

    Topics: 8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; Aging; Animals; Behavior, Animal; Body Weight; Dose-Response

2006
[Long-term neurotoxic effects of MDMA result in cortical and hippocampal structural changes].
    Sheng li xue bao : [Acta physiologica Sinica], 2006, Feb-25, Volume: 58, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Cerebral Cortex; Diazepam Binding Inhibitor; Hippocampus; Male; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxy

2006
Protection against MDMA-induced dopaminergic neurotoxicity in mice by methyllycaconitine: involvement of nicotinic receptors.
    Neuropharmacology, 2006, Volume: 51, Issue:4

    Topics: Aconitine; Analysis of Variance; Animals; Cocaine; Disease Models, Animal; Dopamine; Dopamine Uptake

2006
Binge ethanol administration enhances the MDMA-induced long-term 5-HT neurotoxicity in rat brain.
    Psychopharmacology, 2007, Volume: 189, Issue:4

    Topics: Acetaldehyde; Alcoholic Intoxication; Aldehyde Dehydrogenase; Animals; Body Temperature; Brain; Cent

2007
Factors contributing to the enhancement of MDMA-induced 5-HT depletion by ethanol: a reply to Byron and Cassel.
    Psychopharmacology, 2007, Volume: 190, Issue:4

    Topics: Alcoholic Intoxication; Animals; Brain; Central Nervous System Depressants; Drug Interactions; Ethan

2007
Ethanol and MDMA: a comment on the paper by Izco et al.
    Psychopharmacology, 2007, Volume: 191, Issue:2

    Topics: Alcoholic Intoxication; Animals; Body Temperature; Brain; Central Nervous System Depressants; Drug S

2007
Evidence for a role of Hsp70 in the neuroprotection induced by heat shock pre-treatment against 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine toxicity in rat brain.
    Journal of neurochemistry, 2007, Volume: 101, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Body Temperature; Brain; Brain Chemistry; Epistasis, Genetic; Fluoxetine; Gene Expression R

2007
Is there a case for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy in the UK?
    Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England), 2007, Volume: 21, Issue:2

    Topics: Hallucinogens; History, 20th Century; Humans; Illicit Drugs; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine;

2007
Dissociation of the neurochemical and behavioral toxicology of MDMA ('Ecstasy') by citalopram.
    Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2008, Volume: 33, Issue:5

    Topics: Analysis of Variance; Animals; Behavior, Animal; Body Temperature; Body Weight; Brain Chemistry; Cit

2008
Monoamine oxidase-B mediates ecstasy-induced neurotoxic effects to adolescent rat brain mitochondria.
    The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2007, Sep-19, Volume: 27, Issue:38

    Topics: Age Factors; Animals; Brain; Lipid Peroxidation; Male; Mitochondria; Monoamine Oxidase; Monoamine Ox

2007
The relationship between core body temperature and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine metabolism in rats: implications for neurotoxicity.
    Psychopharmacology, 2008, Volume: 197, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Body Temperature; Brain Chemistry; Catechol O-Methyltransferase; Catechol O-Methyltransfera

2008
On the role of tyrosine and peripheral metabolism in 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine-induced serotonin neurotoxicity in rats.
    Neuropharmacology, 2008, Volume: 54, Issue:5

    Topics: Analysis of Variance; Animals; Antimetabolites; Area Under Curve; Body Temperature; Brain; Catechols

2008
Memantine protects against amphetamine derivatives-induced neurotoxic damage in rodents.
    Neuropharmacology, 2008, Volume: 54, Issue:8

    Topics: Animals; Benzamides; Body Temperature; Bridged Bicyclo Compounds; Dizocilpine Maleate; Dopamine Anta

2008
A neurotoxic regimen of MDMA suppresses behavioral, thermal and neurochemical responses to subsequent MDMA administration.
    Psychopharmacology, 1999, Volume: 147, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Behavior, Animal; Body Temperature; Brain Chemistry; Dopamine; Dose-Response Relationship,

1999
MDMA (Ecstasy) neurotoxicity: assessing and communicating the risks.
    Lancet (London, England), 2000, May-20, Volume: 355, Issue:9217

    Topics: Animals; Hallucinogens; Health Education; Humans; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neurotoxic

2000
'Is MDMA a human neurotoxin?': diverse views from the discussants.
    Neuropsychobiology, 2000, Volume: 42, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Hallucinogens; Humans; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neurotoxicity Syndromes; Rat

2000
Does recreational ecstasy use cause long-term cognitive problems?
    The Western journal of medicine, 2000, Volume: 173, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Cognition Disorders; Humans; Illicit Drugs; N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; Neuroto

2000
The effect of (R)-HA966 or ACEA 1021 on dexfenfluramine or (S)-MDMA-induced changes in temperature, activity, and neurotoxicity.
    Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 2001, Volume: 68, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Autoradiography; Body Temperature; Brain Chemistry; Carrier Proteins; Chromatography, High

2001
Involvement of free radicals in MDMA-induced neurotoxicity in mice.
    Annales de medecine interne, 2001, Volume: 152 Suppl 3

    Topics: Animals; Brain Chemistry; Catalase; Disease Models, Animal; Free Radicals; Gene Expression Regulatio

2001
A neurotoxic dose of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; ecstasy) to rats results in a long-term defect in thermoregulation.
    Psychopharmacology, 2001, Volume: 155, Issue:4

    Topics: Amphetamines; Animals; Body Temperature; Body Temperature Regulation; Brain Chemistry; Hallucinogens

2001
Serotonergic neurotoxicity of 3,4-(+/-)-methylenedioxyamphetamine and 3,4-(+/-)-methylendioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy) is potentiated by inhibition of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase.
    Chemical research in toxicology, 2001, Volume: 14, Issue:7

    Topics: 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine; Administration, Cutaneous; Animals; Brain; Endothelium; Enzyme Inhibi

2001
Cortical serotonin transporter density and verbal memory in individuals who stopped using 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or "ecstasy"): preliminary findings.
    Archives of general psychiatry, 2001, Volume: 58, Issue:10

    Topics: Adult; Brain Chemistry; Carrier Proteins; Cerebral Cortex; Cocaine; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Human

2001
"Ecstasy" and serotonin neurotoxicity: new findings raise more questions.
    Archives of general psychiatry, 2001, Volume: 58, Issue:10

    Topics: Brain Chemistry; Carrier Proteins; Cerebral Cortex; Cocaine; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Membrane Gly

2001
Electrophysiological evidence of serotonergic impairment in long-term MDMA ("ecstasy") users.
    The American journal of psychiatry, 2001, Volume: 158, Issue:10

    Topics: Acoustic Stimulation; Adult; Auditory Perception; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Dronabinol; Elec

2001