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The Science of MDMA & Its Therapeutic Uses: Benefits & Risks

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The Effects of MDMA on the Brain

People who take MDMA at more or less the dosage that we talked about earlier report increases in positive movements. And this is in positive mood as well as decreased blood flow to the amygdala and hippocampus. So again, these threat detection centers of the brain and brain areas associated with memory. Those changes are seen both while under the influence of MDMA and afterwards when the brain is simply at rest.

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