Cognitive performance in light current users and ex-users of ecstasy (MDMA) and controls

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 301-307

  Golding, J F ^a   Groome, D H ^a   Rycroft, N ^a   Denton, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Ecstacy; Mdma; Memory

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE;

EID: 34248585878     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00952990601175052     Document Type: Article

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