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Market Analysis of Synthetic Drugs: Amphetamine-type Stimulants, New Psychoactive Substances [PDF]

, 2017
An estimated quarter of a billion people, or around 5 per cent of the global adult population, used drugs at least once in 2015. Even more worrisome is the fact that about 29.5 million of those drug users, or 0.6 per cent of the global adult population ...

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In Search of the Neurobiological Substrates for Social Playfulness in Mammalian Brains

, 2011
Play behavior is a fundamental and intrinsic neurobehavioral process in the mammalian brain. Using rough-and-tumble play in the juvenile rat as a model system to study mammalian playfulness, some of the relevant neurobiological substrates for this ...
Panksepp, Jaak, Siviy, Stephen M.
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Drug use among people in prison: A global review of epidemiology, harms and interventions

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims People who use drugs are overrepresented in the criminal justice system. We aimed to provide a broad synthesis of the epidemiology, harms and interventions related to drug use and drug use disorders among incarcerated adults worldwide, and highlight gaps in evidence and practice.
Louis Favril, John Strang, Seena Fazel
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The Dopamine Allosteric Agent, PAOPA, Demonstrates Therapeutic Potential in the Phencyclidine NMDA Pre-clinical Rat Model of Schizophrenia

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2018
PAOPA, a potent analog of prolyl-leucyl-glycinamide, has shown therapeutic potential at the preclinical stage for dopaminergic related illnesses, including animal models of schizophrenia, Parkinson’s disease and haloperidol-induced extrapyramidal ...
Ritesh P. Daya, Jayant Bhandari, Sharnpreet K. Kooner, Joella Ho, Christopher D. Rowley, Nicholas A. Bock, Troy Farncombe, Ram K. Mishra   +7 more
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Inhibition of alpha oscillations through serotonin-2A receptor activation underlies the visual effects of ayahuasca in humans [PDF]

, 2016
Ayahuasca is an Amazonian psychotropic plant tea typically obtained from two plants, Banisteriopsis caapi and Psychotria viridis. It contains the psychedelic 5-HT2A and sigma-1 agonist N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) plus ß-carboline alkaloids with ...
Alonso, Joan Francesc, Antonijoan Arbós, Rosa Ma (Rosa María), Barker, Steven, Feilding, Amanda, Friedlander, Pablo, Maqueda, Ana Elda, Mañanas, Miquel Àngel, Rabella, Mireia, Riba, Jordi, Rodríguez-Pujadas, Aina, Romero, Sergio, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Farmacologia, de Terapèutica i de Toxicologia, Valle, Marta   +12 more
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Rare but relevant: MDMA and hyponatraemia

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Conventionally used for its stimulant, empathogenic and entactogenic effects, 3,4‐methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, ecstasy) is one of the most commonly used psychoactive drugs, specifically among young adults and in nightlife and recreational party contexts.
Maria Rita Garcia, Nelson G. M. Gomes, Diana Dias‐da‐Silva   +2 more
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Dysfunctional play and dopamine physiology in the Fischer 344 rat

, 2011
Juvenile Fischer 344 rats are known to be less playful than other inbred strains, although the neurobiological substrate(s) responsible for this phenotype is uncertain.
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Modeling alcohol use disorder severity: An integrative structural equation modeling approach [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Alcohol dependence is a complex psychological disorder whose phenomenology changes as the disorder progresses. Neuroscience has provided a variety of theories and evidence for the development, maintenance, and severity of addiction; however ...
Bacio, GA, Courtney, KE, Moallem, NR, Ray, LA   +3 more
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Varenicline for cannabis use disorder: A randomized controlled trial

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Although cannabis use is widespread and prevalence of cannabis use disorder (CUD) is increasing, limited advancements have been made in CUD medication development. The objective of this study was to test the efficacy of varenicline with medical management for reducing cannabis use in treatment‐seeking individuals with CUD ...
Aimee L. McRae‐Clark, Kevin M. Gray, Nathaniel L. Baker, Brian J. Sherman, Bryan Tolliver, Jessica Burt, Alonzo Steplight, Elizabeth Chapman, Amanda Wagner   +8 more
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Striatal Cholinergic Interneurons Modulate Spike-Timing in Striosomes and Matrix by an Amphetamine-Sensitive Mechanism

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2017
The striatum is key for action-selection and the motivation to move. Dopamine and acetylcholine release sites are enriched in the striatum and are cross-regulated, possibly to achieve optimal behavior.
J. Crittenden, C. J. Lacey, F. Weng, Catherine E. Garrison, D. Gibson, Yingxi Lin, A. Graybiel   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source