Deficits of long-term memory in ecstasy users are related to cognitive complexity of the task

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-67

  Brown, John ^a   McKone, Elinor ^a   Ward, Jeff ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive complexity; Ecstasy; Frontal lobe; MDMA; Memory; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD LIST RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MEMORY; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTONIN AGENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649234178     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-009-1766-2     Document Type: Article

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