3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine
"3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An amphetamine derivative that inhibits uptake of catecholamine neurotransmitters. It is a hallucinogen. It is less toxic than its methylated derivative but in sufficient doses may still destroy serotonergic neurons and has been used for that purpose experimentally.
| Descriptor ID |
D015104
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.092.471.683.152.660
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine" by people in Profiles.
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Prenatal 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy) alters exploratory behavior, reduces monoamine metabolism, and increases forebrain tyrosine hydroxylase fiber density of juvenile rats. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2003 Sep-Oct; 25(5):509-17.