Residual effects of ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) on low level visual processes

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 226-234

  Murray, Elizabeth ^a   Bruno, Raimondo ^a   Brown, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

3,4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine; cannabis; lateral inhibition; orientation processing; serotonin; tilt aftereffect

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ILLUSION; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANNABIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIGURAL AFTEREFFECT; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863229721     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: 10991077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hup.2218     Document Type: Article

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