Plasma amino acids in ecstasy users.
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Plasma amino acids in ecstasy users. / Stuerenburg, Hans Joerg; Petersen, K; Buhmann, Carsten; Rosenkranz, Michael; Bäumer, Tobias; Thomasius, R.
In: NEUROENDOCRINOL LETT, Vol. 24, No. 5, 5, 2003, p. 348-349.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Plasma amino acids in ecstasy users.
AU - Stuerenburg, Hans Joerg
AU - Petersen, K
AU - Buhmann, Carsten
AU - Rosenkranz, Michael
AU - Bäumer, Tobias
AU - Thomasius, R
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Recreational use of the illegal drug "ecstasy" has increased dramatically in recent years. We have measured 33 different plasma amino acids in ecstasy users and controls. Significant differences were found for phosphoserine, glutamate, citrulline, methionine, tyrosine and histidine. Resembling changes in the plasma amino acids have been described in acute transient polymorphous psychosis. Thus, alterations in plasma - methionine and phosphoserine or other amino acids could be involved in the psychical symptoms produced by MDMA.
AB - Recreational use of the illegal drug "ecstasy" has increased dramatically in recent years. We have measured 33 different plasma amino acids in ecstasy users and controls. Significant differences were found for phosphoserine, glutamate, citrulline, methionine, tyrosine and histidine. Resembling changes in the plasma amino acids have been described in acute transient polymorphous psychosis. Thus, alterations in plasma - methionine and phosphoserine or other amino acids could be involved in the psychical symptoms produced by MDMA.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 24
SP - 348
EP - 349
JO - NEUROENDOCRINOL LETT
JF - NEUROENDOCRINOL LETT
SN - 0172-780X
IS - 5
M1 - 5
ER -