Effects of MDMA on Emotional and Social Memories

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of MDMA on encoding and retrieval of emotional and social memories in healthy young adults. The study will explore the effects on memory retrieval when the drug is administered 1) before encoding, and 2) before retrieval.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Chicago
• Treatments: N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Normal healthy males and females, aged 18-40 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. any current medical condition requiring medication or abnormal electrocardiogram

2. current or past medical condition considered to be a contraindication for the study conditions

3. any current Axis I psychiatric disorder (APA, 1994) including Substance Use Disorder, or Anxiety Disorder or Major Depression in the past year, any history of psychosis

4. less than high school education

5. lack of fluency in English

6. night shift work

7. pregnancy, lactation, or plans to become pregnant

8. use of hormonal contraception