Mohamad Bakhtiar Hesam Shariati

Research Center for Behavioral Disorders and Substance Abuse, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.

[ 1 ] - The effect of 3,4- methylenedioxymethamphetamine on expression of neurotrophic factors in hippocampus of male rats

Background: 3,4- methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is a chemical derivative of amphetamine that can induce learning and memory impairment. Due to  the effect of neurotrophins  on memory and learning, the impact of MDMA was evaluated  on the brain - derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), neurotrophin- 4 (NT-4), and tropomyosin- related kinase B (Trk- β) expression in the hipp...