Acute psychological and physiological effects of MDMA (“Ecstasy”) after haloperidol pretreatment in healthy humans

Abstract

Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA,“Ecstasy”) releases serotonin and dopamine. The role for dopamine in mediating the effects of MDMA has not yet been examined in humans. We investigated the effect of pretreatment with the dopamine D 2 antagonist …