Reduced memory skills and increased hair cortisol levels in recent Ecstasy/MDMA users: significant but independent neurocognitive and neurohormonal deficits

ConclusionsRecreational Ecstasy is associated with increased levels of the bio‐energetic stress hormone cortisol and significant memory impairments. No significant relationship between cortisol and the cognitive deficits was observed. Ecstasy users did display evidence of a metacognitive deficit, with the strength of the correlations between objective and subjective memory performances being significantly lower in the Ecstasy users. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Source: Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental - April 21, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Luke A. Downey, Helen Sands, Lewis Jones, Angela Clow, Phil Evans, Tobias Stalder, Andrew C. Parrott Tags: Research Article Source Type: research