Month: February 2014
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In abstinent MDMA users the cortisol awakening response is off-set but associated with prefrontal serotonin transporter binding as in non-users
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2014 Aug;17(8):1119-28. doi: 10.1017/S1461145714000066. Epub 2014 Feb 14. ABSTRACT Serotonergic signaling is considered critical for an appropriate adaptation to stress. We have previously observed that in healthy volunteers, prefrontal serotonin transporter (SERT) binding is positively associated with hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-axis output in terms of the cortisol awakening response (CAR). Here, we tested (1) […]