Monday mood decline after weekend ecstasy use: A retrospective analysis of daily diary reports [PDF]
Drug and Alcohol Dependence ReportsBackground: Ecstasy is commonly used on weekends and linked to post-use mood declines. Laboratory studies with pure MDMA rarely detect residual effects, whereas naturalistic studies more often report mood reductions.
Christopher Medina-Kirchner +1 more
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Prevention of adolescent stimulant drug use: Do the home life environment and extracurricular activities influence this? Findings from the Irish Planet Youth Survey. [PDF]
PLoS ONEIntroductionStimulant drug use during adolescence (e.g., cocaine or ecstasy) can lead to a myriad of adverse health effects, but it remains uncertain how the home life environment and involvement in structured extracurricular activities may correlate ...
Fionn P Daly +3 more
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Effect of MDMA exposure during pregnancy on cell apoptosis, astroglia, and microglia activity in rat offspring striatum [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 2022 Objective(s): Ecstasy is a popular recreational psychostimulant with side effects on the central nervous system. This study examined the corpus striatum tissue of adult rats that received ecstasy during the embryonic period for histological and molecular
Zahra Nazari +2 more
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Evidence of neurotoxicity of ecstasy: sustained effects on electroencephalographic activity in polydrug users. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 ObjectiveAccording to previous EEG reports of indicative disturbances in Alpha and Beta activities, a systematic search for distinct EEG abnormalities in a broader population of Ecstasy users may especially corroborate the presumed specific neurotoxicity
Michael Adamaszek +4 more
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3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-induced macular haemorrhage: A case report [PDF]
Scripta Medica, 2021 A case of 28-year-old female patient with retinal haemorrhage after taking 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy, MDMA) and having a sexual intercourse is described. Ecstasy is a drug that is often consumed by young people.
Đogatović Nebojša +5 more
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Temperature, 2014 In this issue, Parrot and Young present the results of temperature measurements in young individuals "partying" with 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or Ecstasy). This editorial commentary briefly summarizes the main findings of their study, provides background gained from previous animal experiments, and reviews the implications for the ...
Kiyatkin, Eugene A, Ren, Suelynn
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Ecstasy and neurodegeneration [PDF]
BMJ, 1996 Publicity in the popular press and medical journals1 on the dangers of using ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) has concentrated almost exclusively on the problems of acute toxicity. While the unnecessary death of any young person is rightly deplored, it is strange that so little attention is being paid to the long term effects of this ...
A R, Green, G M, Goodwin
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A structured review of reasons for ecstasy use and related behaviours: pointers for future research
BMC Public Health, 2009 Background While the health risks of using ecstasy warrant intervention development, a recent meta-analysis of determinants of ecstasy use identified a number of lacunae in the literature.
Kok Gerjo, Peters Gjalt-Jorn
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Factors Associated with Ecstasy Use in Students of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences [PDF]
حیات, 2009 Background & Aim: Drug addiction, especially addiction to Ecstasy has ruinous effect on lives. Lack of knowledge is the most important cause of Ecstasy use among young adults.
* L (MSc.) Yekkehfallah +3 more
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Ecstasy exposure & gender: examining components of verbal memory functioning.
PLoS ONE, 2014 ObjectiveStudies have demonstrated verbal memory deficits associated with past year ecstasy use, although specific underlying components of these deficits are less understood.
Jenessa S Price +2 more
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