Chronic use of MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), or 'ecstasy', is associated with significant cognitive impairments, particularly in laboratory and field tests of memory for previously encoded material. Less is known about the effects of a history of MDMA use on aspects of everyday cognitive
Memory deficits associated with recreational use of “ecstasy” (MDMA)
✍ Scribed by Michael John Morgan
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 84 KB
- Volume
- 141
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0033-3158
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