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“MDMA as a discriminative stimulus: isomeric comparisons”. 
Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 1987;27(1):41-4.
Abstract
Using a two-lever, food-motivated discrimination procedure, eight male rats were trained to dis-criminate 1.5 mg/kg of racemic 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) from its vehicle, distilled water. Once trained, the rats demonstrated a dose-related decrease in discriminative performance alter administration of lower doses of MDMA (ED50=0.27 mg/kg). Racemic MDMA-stimulus generalization occurred with both isomers of MDMA with the ED50 of the (+ ) isomer calculated as 0.50 mg/kg and for the (-) isomer being 1.07. Time-course data indicate that racemic MDMA has a peak effect from 20--60 min post-inject/on with a declining effect from 120-240 min. This time-course closely resembles that observed by subjective reports in human abusers and, together with previous data, would indicate that the discriminative paradigm would be useful in investigations as to the neurochemical effects of MDMA.
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