The role of 5-HT in the impairment of thermoregulation observed in rats administered MDMA ('ecstasy') when housed at high ambient temperature

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 884-890

  Saadat, Kathryn S ^a   O'Shea, Esther ^b   Colado, M Isabel ^b   Elliott, J Martin ^a   Green, A Richard ^a,c  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3,4 Methylenedioxymethamphetamine; 5 Hydroxytryptamine; Ecstasy; Hyperthermia; MDMA; Neurotoxicity; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FENCLONINE; METHYSERGIDE; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A ANTAGONIST; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERTHERMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; THERMOREGULATION;

8-HYDROXY-2-(DI-N-PROPYLAMINO)TETRALIN; ANIMALS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FENCLONINE; FEVER; HEAT; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; METHYSERGIDE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; PIPERAZINES; PYRIDINES; RATS; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGENTS; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS;

EID: 20044389898     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-004-2106-1     Document Type: Article

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