Memory impairment in abstinent MDMA (“Ecstasy”) users: A longitudinal investigation
- 10 April 2001
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 56 (7) , 966-969
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.56.7.966
Abstract
To examine the neurotoxic potential of continued MDMA (“Ecstasy”) use in humans and its functional consequences over the course of 1 year, 15 MDMA users participated in a longitudinal study in which they completed a brief neuropsychological test battery composed mainly of retrospective and prospective memory tasks. Subjects were abstinent for 2 weeks on initial and 1-year testing. Continued use of MDMA was associated with progressive decline in terms of immediate and delayed recall.Keywords
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