Comment on the letter by Green, Gabrielsson, Marsden, and Fone, MDMA: On the translation from rodent to human dosing

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 379-380

  De La Torre, Rafael ^a,b   Puerta, Elena ^c   Aguirre, Norberto ^c  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE;

DRUG DOSE; DRUG EXPOSURE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; LETTER; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP2D6; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67349121261     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-008-1455-6     Document Type: Letter

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