RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Memory impairment in abstinent MDMA (“Ecstasy”) users: A longitudinal investigation
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 966
OP 969
DO 10.1212/WNL.56.7.966
VO 56
IS 7
A1 Konstantine K. Zakzanis
A1 Donald A. Young
YR 2001
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/56/7/966.abstract
AB 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.