Abstract: Dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine are essential for neurotransmission in the mammalian system. These three neurotransmitters have been the focus of considerable research because the modulation of their production and their interaction...
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Madras BK. Annals of neurology. 1994;35(3).
In the September 1993 issue of Annals. an article entitled “Positron Emission Tomographic Imaging of the Dopamine Transporter with ”C-WIN 35,428 Reveals Marked Decline in Mild Parkinson’s Disease” (Frost et al, Ann Neurol 1993; 14:423) was printed as...
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American Journal of Psychiatry 2005 Apr;162(4):815
Ikeda A, Sekiguchi K, Fujita K, Yamadera H, Koga Y
Paper from American Chemical Society, retrieved for this news thread The paper is two pages. The .zip file contains the paper as two separate .gif files.
One of the most important chemical issues in drug discovery is innovation, in particular at the level of small organic fragments that can...
A major focus of our research for a number of years
has been to understand the structure-activity relationship
(SAR) of classical hallucinogens and their derivatives,
the pharmacological action of which is believed
to be mediated primarily by agonist activity at the
serotonin 5-HT2A...
C. E. Groer, K. Tidgewell, R. A. Moyer, W. W. Harding, R. B. Rothman, T. E. Prisinzano, and L. M. Bohn
G protein-coupled receptor desensitization and trafficking are important regulators of opioid receptor signaling that can dictate overall drug responsiveness in vivo. Furthermore, different...
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Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 1999 Oct;64(2):251-6
Glennon RA.
Abused arylalkylamines fall into two major categories: the indolealkylamines, and the phenylalkylamines: These agents can be further subclassified on the basis of chemical structure. Examples of these agents possess hallucinogenic,...
Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behaviour 1996 Jun;54(2):355-61
Scorza MC, Reyes-Parada M, Silveira R, Viola H, Medina JH, Viana MB, Zangrossi H Jr, Graeff FG.
Behavioral effects of the phenethylamine derivative (+/-)-1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-ethylthiophenyl)-2-aminopropane (ALEPH-2) were studied...
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The benzofuran analogues of the hallucinogens 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptaminaen d 5-methoxy-cy-methyltryptamine
were synthesized and evaluated for affinity at the serotonin 5-HTz and 5-HT1r~e ceptors in rat brain
homogenate, labeled with [1~I]-1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodophenyl)-2-aminoprop(a [1ne2...
Structurally, methcathinone is to cathinone what methamphetamine is to amphetamine. Due to increased interest in the abuse of such agents we wished to determine if certain derivatives of cathinone would...
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring 2004 Apr;26(2):127-31.
Maurer HH, Kraemer T, Springer D, Staack RF.
Designer drugs of the amphetamine type (eg, MDMA, MDEA, MDA), of the new benzyl or phenyl piperazine type (eg, BZP, MDBP, mCPP, TFMPP, MeOPP), or of the pyrrolidinophenone type (eg, PPP, MOPPP,...
The study of and therapy for Parkinson's disease (PD)would be much helped by predictive positron emission tomographic (PET) imaging before the appearance of parkinsonian symptoms so that preventive treatment could be initiated during the early stages...
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Progress in Neuropsycgopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry 2007 Jan 30;31(1):288-91
Shimizu E, Watanabe H, Kojima T, Hagiwara H, Fujisaki M, Miyatake R, Hashimoto K, Iyo M.
We describe a 27-year-old male patient with substance intoxication after a single ingestion of the mixture of...
The International Journal of Legal Medicine 2000;113(3):168-70
Carter N, Rutty GN, Milroy CM, Forrest AR.
The use of phenethylamines in the dance scene is now well established. Apart from amphetamine, the commonest phenethylamine encountered in clinical and forensic settings is...
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Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 2002 Jun;22(3):330-2.
Authors: David Pritzker, Anish Kanungo, Tansel Kilicarslan, Rachel F. Tyndale and Edward M. Sellers
Whilst the classical drugs of abuse remain the main-stay of the market the constant search for new legal and illegal highs has lead to an increase in abuse of novel designer drugs. These new stimulants may be derivatives of amfetamines, but a group of mild stimulants called piperazines has spread...
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Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2008 Aug 17. [Epub ahead of print]
Nantaka Khoranaa, Richard Younga and Richard A. Glennon
Abstract
Co-administration of the 5-HT1A serotonin receptor agonist (±)8-hydroxy-2-(N,N-di-n-propylamino)tetralin [(±)8-OH DPAT] enhances the discriminative stimulus effects...
Kerry Ann O'Connora, Timothy C. Greggb, Huw M.L. Daviesb and Steven R. Childersa
This study examines the effect of long-term elevation of brain monoamine levels on receptor/G-protein coupling by chronic administration of a highly potent tropane analog, WF-23 (2β-propanoyl-3β-(2-naphthyl)...
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Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 2007 Jun;321(3):1054-61
Moya PR, Berg KA, Gutiérrez-Hernandez MA, Sáez-Briones P, Reyes-Parada M, Cassels BK, Clarke WP.
2,5-Dimethoxy-4-substituted phenylisopropylamines and phenethylamines are 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin)...
Boja JW, Mitchell WM, Patel A, Kopajtic TA, Carroll FI, Lewin AH, Abraham P, Kuhar MJ
RTI-55 (3 beta-(4-iodophenyl)tropan-2 beta-carboxylic acid methyl ester), one of the most potent inhibitors of dopamine uptake reported to date, was radioiodinated and tested as a probe for the cocaine receptor...
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Drug Metab Dispos. 2003 Aug;31(8):979-82.
Springer D, Paul LD, Staack RF, Kraemer T, Maurer HH.
4'-Methyl-alpha-pyrrolidinopropiophenone (MPPP) is a new drug of abuse. It is believed to have an abuse potential similar to that of amphetamines. Previous studies with Wistar rats had shown...
INTRODUCTION: Khat leaves (mainly cathinone and cathine) have been chewed for centuries as stimulants. Hagigat (capsules of 200 mg cathinone) have been marketed in Israel as a natural stimulant and...
The in vivo metabolism of 2,5-dimethoxy-4-propylthiophenethylamine (2C-T-7), a ring-substituted psychoactive phenethylamine, was studied in rat. Male Wistar rats were administered 10 mg/kg 2C-T-7 hydrochloride orally, and 24-h urine fractions were collected. After enzymatic hydrolysis of the urine...
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European Journal of Pharmacology 1999 Sep 17;381(1):63-9
Cozzi NV, Sievert MK, Shulgin AT, Jacob P 3rd, Ruoho AE.
Methcathinone and methylone, the beta-ketone analogues of methamphetamine and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), respectively, were tested for neurotransmitter uptake...
Abstract: R,S-3'.4'-Methylenedioxy-alpha-pyrrolidinopropiophenone (MDPPP) is a new designer drug with assumed amphetamine-like effects. which has appeared on the illicit drug market. The aim of this study was to identify the MDPPP metabolites using solid-phase...
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Current Drug Metabolism, 2005, 6, 259-274
Authors: Roland F. Staack and Hans H. Maurer
"This paper reviews the metabolism of new designer drugs of abuse that have
emerged on the black market during the last years. Para-methoxyamphetamine (PMA), para-methoxymethamphetamine (PMMA) and...
Dietmar Springera, Giselher Fritschib and Hans H. Maurer,
R,S-α-pyrrolidinopropiophenone (PPP) is a new designer drug with assumed amphetamine-like effects which has appeared on the illicit drug market. The aim of this study was to identify the PPP metabolites using solid-phase extraction,...
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Xenobiotica 2006 Aug;36(8):709-23
Kamata HT, Shima N, Zaitsu K, Kamata T, Miki A, Nishikawa M, Katagi M, Tsuchihashi H.
The urinary metabolites of methylone in humans and rats were investigated by analysing urine specimens from its abuser and after administrating to rats with gas...
We previously reported that the psychostimulant drug methcathinone inhibits serotonin accumulation via the plasma membrane serotonin uptake transporter. By analogy to known substrates for the serotonin transporter, we...
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Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior 1987 Mar;26(3):547-51
Glennon RA, Yousif M, Naiman N, Kalix P.
The purpose of the present investigation was to examine the effect of N-monomethylation of phenylisopropylamine derivatives on amphetamine-like activity. In tests of stimulus...
Forensic Science International 2005 Oct 4;153(1):99-101
Belhadj-Tahar H, Sadeg N.
Methcathinone, a methyl derivative of cathinone, is an illicit drug also known as ephedrone. It is a stimulant found in the "khat" plant, Catha edulis, which can easily be synthesized from pseudoephedrine. Its...
Recently, two new ecstasy-like substances, methylone and mCPP, were found in street drugs in the Netherlands by the Drugs Information and Monitoring System (DIMS). Methylone (3,4-methylenedioxymethcathinone) is the...