Ecstasy: pharmacology and neurotoxicity.

作者: Jenny Morton

DOI: 10.1016/J.COPH.2004.08.007

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摘要: In part because it is amphetamine derived, ecstasy has inherited some of its parent compound's reputation for being neurotoxic. However, whereas and methamphetamine undoubtedly cause irreversible brain damage with long-term use, the jury still out on party drug ecstasy. The deadly been fuelled by tragic fates healthy young clubbers who have died after taking drug. compared other recreational drugs, there very few ecstasy-related deaths. Further, little evidence short-term neurotoxicity at doses. That not to say that leaves user neutral. Chronic use causes depletion serotonin, which subtle but important effects cognition mood. Although seems unlikely we will be faced a generation goers suffer from premature Parkinson's disease, so known about mood, emotional states cognitive function present cannot predict what impact their middle-age average user.

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