3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy)-induced learning and memory impairments depend on the age of exposure during early development

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 3228-3235

  Broening, H W ^a   Morford, L L ^a   Inman Wood, S L ^a   Fukumura, M ^a   Vorhees, C V ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphetamines; Development; Dopamine; Ecstasy; Learning and memory; MDMA; Methylenedioxymethamphetamine; Sequential learning; Serotonin; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 0035341510     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-09-03228.2001     Document Type: Article

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