Better known as “ecstasy”, 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is a small
molecule that has played a prominent role in defining the ethos of today's teenagers and …

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a devastating psychiatric disorder afflicting millions
of people around the world. Characterized by severe anxiety, intrusive thoughts, pervasive …

The extensively abused recreational drug (±) 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine
(MDMA) has shown promise as an adjunct to psychotherapy for treatment-resistant …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a common set of heterogeneous neurodevelopmental
disorders resulting from a variety of genetic and environmental risk factors. A core feature of …

Stimuli, including contexts, which predict the availability or onset of a drug effect, can acquire
conditioned incentive motivational properties. These conditioned properties endure after …

Social rewards are fundamental to survival and overall health. Several studies suggest that
adequate social stimuli during early life are critical for developing appropriate …

In the search for efficacious pharmacotherapies to treat cocaine addiction much attention
has been given to agents targeting dopamine D1 or D3 receptors because of the …

Mephedrone is a drug of abuse marketed as 'bath salts". There are discrepancies
concerning its long-term effects. We have investigated the neurotoxicity of mephedrone in …

Mephedrone and MDMA are both constituents of party drugs, with mephedrone being
relatively new compared to MDMA. This review compares current knowledge regarding the …

Mephedrone is a new designer drug of abuse. We have investigated the neurochemical/
enzymatic changes after mephedrone administration to adolescent rats (3× 25 mg/kg, sc in a …