Verbal memory deficits are correlated with prefrontal hypometabolism in 18 FDG PET of recreational MDMA users

Abstract

Introduction 3, 4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA,“ecstasy”) is a recreational club drug with supposed neurotoxic effects selectively on the serotonin system. MDMA users consistently exhibit memory dysfunction but there is an ongoing debate if these deficits are …