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  1. School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Iain S. McGregor & Murray R. Thompson

  2. ANSTO LifeSciences, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Locked Bag 2001, 2232, Kirrawee DC, NSW, Australia

    Paul D. Callaghan

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  1. Section of Behavioural Pharmacology, King's College London Institute of Psychiatry P049, London, United Kingdom

    Ian P. Stolerman

  2. Brown Medical School, Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

    Lawrence H. Price

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McGregor, I.S., Callaghan, P.D., Thompson, M.R. (2014). Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). In: Stolerman, I., Price, L. (eds) Encyclopedia of Psychopharmacology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27772-6_154-2

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