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Published online 2 August 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050801-3
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Ecstasy eases Parkinson's in mice
Club drug relieves symptoms and boosts other treatments.
The drug ecstasy relieves the symptoms of Parkinson's disease in mice, a team of researchers has found.
The scientists did not look at the drug's effects in people, and do not advocate self-medication.
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