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Recent Publications:

Piper BJ, Fraiman JB, Owens CB, Ali SF, Meyer JS (2007) Dissociation of the Neurochemical and Behavioral Toxicology of MDMA ('Ecstasy') by Citalopram. Neuropsychopharmacology. [Epub ahead of print] .

Meyer JS, Brevard ME, Piper BJ, Ali SF, Ferris CF (2006) Neural effects of MDMA as determined by functional magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy in awake marmoset monkeys. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1074:365-76.

Brevard ME, Meyer JS, Harder JA, Ferris CF(2006) Imaging brain activity in conscious monkeys following oral MDMA ("ecstasy"). Magn Reson Imaging. 24(6):707-14.

Davenport MD, Tiefenbacher S, Lutz CK, Novak MA, Meyer JS (2006) Analysis of endogenous cortisol concentrations in the hair of rhesus macaques. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 147(3):255-61.

Piper BJ, Vu HL, Safain MG, Oliver AJ, Meyer JS (2006) Repeated adolescent 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) exposure in rats attenuates the effects of a subsequent challenge with MDMA or a 5-hydroxytryptamine(1A) receptor agonist. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 317(2):838-49.

Piper BJ, Meyer JS (2006) Increased responsiveness to MDMA in adult rats treated neonatally with MDMA. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 28(1):95-102.

Tiefenbacher S, Fahey MA, Rowlett JK, Meyer JS, Pouliot AL, Jones BM, Novak
MA (2005) The efficacy of diazepam treatment for the management of acute wounding episodes in captive rhesus macaques. Comp Med. 55(4):387-92.

Piper BJ, Fraiman JB, Meyer JS (2005) Repeated MDMA ("Ecstasy") exposure in adolescent male rats alters temperature regulation, spontaneous motor activity, attention, and serotonin transporter binding. Dev Psychobiol. 47(2):145-57.

Piper BJ, Meyer JS (2004) Memory deficit and reduced anxiety in young adult rats given repeated intermittent MDMA treatment during the periadolescent period. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 79(4):723-31.

Tiefenbacher S, Novak MA, Lutz CK, Meyer JS (2005) The physiology and neurochemistry of self-injurious behavior: a nonhuman primate model. Front Biosci. 10:1-11.

Meyer JS, Grande M, Johnson K, Ali SF (2004) Neurotoxic effects of MDMA ("ecstasy") administration to neonatal rats. Int J Dev Neurosci. 22(5-6):261-71.

Tiefenbacher S, Novak MA, Marinus LM, Chase WK, Miller JA, Meyer JS (2004) Altered hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical function in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) with self-injurious behavior. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 29(4):501-15.

Tiefenbacher S, Davenport MD, Novak MA, Pouliot AL, Meyer JS (2003) Fenfluramine challenge, self-injurious behavior, and aggression in rhesus monkeys. Physiol Behav. 80(2-3):327-31.