Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

Amount

$471,000.00

Award Date

8/31/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Ecstasy (primarily containing MDMA) use continues to be major public health problem, especially among young adults. Animal studies suggest that ecstasy is a selective serotonin neurotoxin. However, the effects of ecstasy use on the human brain continue to