Acute 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) administration produces a rapid and sustained suppression of immune function in the rat

Immunopharmacology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 253-260

  Connor, Thomas J ^a   McNamara, Mairead G ^a   Finn, David ^a   Currid, Aoife ^a   O'Malley, Maura ^a   Redmond, Anna M ^a   Kelly, John P ^a   Leonard, Brian E ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Ecstasy; Immunosuppression; Leucocytes; Lymphocyte proliferation; MDMA

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONCANAVALIN A; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; HALLUCINOGENS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGENTS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031932040     PISSN: 01623109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0162-3109(97)00084-2     Document Type: Article

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