Isolated persistent acute global amnesia after acute abuse of 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA)

J Neurol Sci. 2018 Mar 15:386:36-38. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2018.01.005. Epub 2018 Jan 4.

Authors

Fabien Hauw¹, Elodie Meppiel¹, Olivier Steichen², Pierre-Louis Conan², Jean Capron³, Thomas de Broucker⁴

Affiliations

¹ Hôpital Delafontaine, Neurology Department, F-93200 Saint-Denis, France.
² AP-HP, Hôpital Tenon, Internal Medicine Department, F-75020 Paris, France.
³ AP-HP, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Neurology Department, F-75012 Paris, France.
⁴ Hôpital Delafontaine, Neurology Department, F-93200 Saint-Denis, France. Electronic address: thomas.debroucker@ch-stdenis.fr.

PMID: 29406963
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2018.01.005

No abstract available

Keywords: 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA); Amnesia (global); Hippocampal toxicity; Substance abuse.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Amnesia, Transient Global / chemically induced
Amnesia, Transient Global / diagnostic imaging
Amnesia, Transient Global / etiology*
Amphetamine-Related Disorders / complications*
Amphetamine-Related Disorders / diagnostic imaging
Amphetamine-Related Disorders / etiology*
Cerebral Cortex / diagnostic imaging
Hippocampus / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Male
N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine / adverse effects*
Neuroimaging

Substances

N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine