Neurotoxicity Induced by Mephedrone: An up-to-date Review [PDF]
Current Neuropharmacology, 2017 BACKGROUND: Mephedrone is a β-ketoamphetamine belonging to the family of synthetic cathinones, an emerging class of designer drugs known for their hallucinogenic and psychostimulant properties as well as for their abuse potential.
Flaminia Pantano +2 more
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Dose and time-dependent selective neurotoxicity induced by mephedrone in mice. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Mephedrone is a drug of abuse marketed as 'bath salts". There are discrepancies concerning its long-term effects. We have investigated the neurotoxicity of mephedrone in mice following different exposition schedules.
José Martínez-Clemente +5 more
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The psychoactive drug of abuse mephedrone differentially disrupts blood-brain barrier properties
Journal of Neuroinflammation, 2021 Background Synthetic cathinones are a category of psychostimulants belonging to the growing number of designer drugs also known as “Novel Psychoactive Substances” (NPS).
Tetyana P. Buzhdygan +6 more
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The Effect of Selected Cathinones on Natural Cell Membranes: Microelectrophoretic Methods [PDF]
MoleculesSynthetic cathinones are cathinone analogues that humans have artificially created. The first compounds appeared on the European market in 2005. They belong to a class of drugs called stimulants, classified as new psychoactive substances.
Anna Trynda +4 more
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Pharmaceuticals, 2020 Mephedrone, which is one of the most popular synthetic cathinones, has one chiral centre and thus exists as two enantiomers: R-(+)-mephedrone and S-(−)-mephedrone.
Joanna Czerwinska +6 more
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Metabolites, 2020 Psychoactive stimulants are a popular drug class which are used recreationally. Over the last decade, large numbers of new psychoactive substances (NPS) have entered the drug market and these pose a worldwide problem to human health.
Andrea E. Steuer +10 more
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Novel Psychoactive Substances—Recent Progress on Neuropharmacological Mechanisms of Action for Selected Drugs [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2017 A feature of human culture is that we can learn to consume chemical compounds, derived from natural plants or synthetic fabrication, for their psychoactive effects.
Zurina Hassan +8 more
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Forensic Electrochemistry: The Electroanalytical Sensing of Mephedrone Metabolites
ACS Omega, 2019 The constant and persistent synthesis and abuse of new psychoactive substances have sparked the requirement for rapid, on-site, sensitive analytical protocols for their sensing and quantification.
Hadil M. Elbardisy +8 more
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Characteristics of methamphetamine-related deaths in the United Kingdom, 1997-2024. [PDF]
AddictionAbstract Background and aims People who use methamphetamine have a standardised mortality ratio 6.8 times greater than the general population, with several countries reporting concerning increases in methamphetamine‐related mortality over the past decade.
Roberts E, McKetin R, Copeland C.
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A Sexual Affiliation Network of Men Who Have Sex With Men Practicing Risk Sexual Behaviors and Chemsex: A Two-Mode Approach. [PDF]
Public Health NursABSTRACT Background Dating apps for men who have sex with men (MSM) have facilitated unprotected sexual encounters and practices. In addition, drug use during such encounters is widespread among MSM. Traditionally, these populations have been studied in order to relate these facts to their socioeconomic characteristics and not from the perspective of ...
Marqués-Sánchez P +5 more
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