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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955149103321

Autore

Rincón Antoine

Titolo

Amphetamines : neurobiological mechanisms, pharmacology and effects / / Antoine Rincón, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Biomedical Books, 2012

ISBN

1-61470-430-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Neuroscience research progress

Altri autori (Persone)

RincónAntoine

Disciplina

615.7/8

Soggetti

Amphetamines

Amphetamines - Physiological effect

Neuropharmacology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Psychopharmacology and neurotoxicology of methamphetamine and 3,4- methylenedioxymethamphetamine / Laurel M. Pritchard, Emily Hensleigh -- Methamphetamine and 3,4-methylene-dioxymethamphetamine : from classical to new molecular mechanisms of neurotoxicity / J. Camarasa ... [et al.] -- Abuse-independent effects of amphetamines / Shiow-Chwen Tsai, Po-Ling Yu, Paulus S. Wang -- Enhance or reduce the rewarding effects : interpretation of drug dependence by amphetamine sensitization / Yia-Ping Liu, Che-Se Tung -- Amphetamine effects on allergic lung inflammation / Ana Paula Ligeiro de Oliveira ... [et al.] -- Withdrawal from amphetamines as an animal model of schizophrenia / D. Peleg-Raibstein -- Regulating the expression patterns of bizarre behavior : a therapeutic option for amphetamine-type drug-induced sterotypy? / Junichi Kitananka ... [et al.] -- The importance of contextual control over amphetamine dependence : evidence from an animal model of addiction / M.L. Andersen, R. Frussa-Filho, S. Tufik.

Sommario/riassunto

Amphetamines are a family of substituted phenethylamine compounds that achieve their neurochemical and behavioral effects by liberating vesicular biogenic amine stores. Classified as psychostimulants, these drugs are commonly misused and abused. This book presents current research in the study of the neurobiological mechanisms, and pharmacology effects of amphetamines. Topics discussed include the



neurotoxicity of methamphetamine; amphetamine effects on cardiac, endocrine and gastrointestinal systems; amphetamine dependence sensitization and tolerance hypotheses and amphetamine effects on allergic lung inflammation, amphetamine withdrawal and schizophrenia.