MDMA intoxication and verbal memory performance: A placebo-controlled pharmaco-MRI study

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1053-1061

  Kuypers, Kim Pc ^a   Wingen, Marleen ^a   Heinecke, Armin ^b   Formisano, Elia ^a   Ramaekers, Johannes G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BRAIN INNOVATION B V   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Encoding; MDMA; pharmaco MRI; verbal memory

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; CUNEUS; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD LIST RECALL;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052011632     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881111405361     Document Type: Article

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