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Psychostimulants and Epilepsy [PDF]

Epilepsia, 2002
Summary: Purpose: The aim of this article is to review the literature on the effects of psychostimulants in epileptic subjects in order to reach a consensus statement regarding the use or abuse of these substances.Methods: Psychostimulant substances have been considered the drugs that share the ability to produce excitation of the CNS leading to ...
ZAGNONI P, ALBANO, CLAUDIO
exaly   +4 more sources

Psychostimulants and opioids differentially influence the epigenetic modification of histone acetyltransferase and histone deacetylase in astrocytes

PLoS ONE, 2021
Illicit drugs are known to affect central nervous system (CNS). Majorly psychostimulants such as cocaine, methamphetamine (METH) and opioids such as morphine are known to induce epigenetic changes of histone modifications and chromatin remodeling which ...
Mayur Doke, Gurudutt Pendyala, Thangavel Samikkannu   +2 more
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Psychostimulants and social behaviors

Frontiers in Pharmacology
Mounting evidence from animal models and human studies indicates that psychostimulants can significantly affect social behaviors. This is not surprising considering that the neural circuits underlying the regulation and expression of social behaviors are
Valeska Cid-Jofré, Miguel Reyes-Parada, Georgina M Renard   +2 more
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The Health Effect of Psychostimulants: A Literature Review

Pharmaceuticals, 2010
Prevalence of psychostimulant use is high, and raising in several countries. Nicotine is the legal stimulant causing the most important public health impact. Cocaine ranks among the most used illicit substances after cannabis.
Barbara Broers
exaly   +3 more sources

Psychostimulants and movement disorders. [PDF]

Frontiers in Neurology, 2015
Psychostimulants are a diverse group of substances with their main psychomotor effects resembling those of amphetamine, methamphetamine, cocaine or cathinone.
Andres eAsser, Pille eTaba
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Impact of holding home stimulant(s) on agitation in a child and adolescent inpatient psychiatric population [PDF]

Mental Health Clinician, 2023
Introduction: This study aimed to compare the rates of agitation-related interventions associated with initial holding versus continuation of home stimulant(s) in a child and adolescent population at the time of admission to an inpatient psychiatric ...
Anupha M. Mathew, PharmD, BCPS, Sophie Robert, BPharm, PharmD, BCPP, Clint Ross, PharmD, BCPP, Erin Weeda, PharmD, BCPS, Adrienne Pruitt, MD   +4 more
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A “Drug-Dependent” Immune System Can Compromise Protection against Infection: The Relationships between Psychostimulants and HIV

Viruses, 2021
Psychostimulant use is a major comorbidity in people living with HIV, which was initially explained by them adopting risky behaviors that facilitate HIV transmission.
María Amparo Assis, Pedro Gabriel Carranza, Emilio Ambrosio   +2 more
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Inhibition of Autophagy In Vivo Extends Methamphetamine Toxicity to Mesencephalic Cell Bodies

Pharmaceuticals, 2021
Methamphetamine (METH) is a widely abused psychostimulant and a stress-inducing compound, which leads to neurotoxicity for nigrostriatal dopamine (DA) terminals in rodents and primates including humans.
Michela Ferrucci, Francesca Biagioni, Carla L. Busceti, Chiara Vidoni, Roberta Castino, Ciro Isidoro, Larisa Ryskalin, Alessandro Frati, Stefano Puglisi-Allegra, Francesco Fornai   +9 more
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Oxidative stress markers in patients suffering from opioid and psychostimulant dependence syndrome

Инновационная медицина Кубани, 2020
Background. The available data from clinical studies suggest the essential role of free radical processes in the pathogenesis of drug dependence syndrome.
I. M. Bykov, D. A. Lubchenko, K. A. Popov, Ya. Ye. Denisova, A. N. Stolyarova, M. A. Popova   +5 more
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Functional Genomic Analysis of Amphetamine Sensitivity in Drosophila

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
Abuse of psychostimulants, including amphetamines (AMPHs), is a major public health problem with profound psychiatric, medical, and psychosocial complications.
Caline S. Karam, Caline S. Karam, Brenna L. Williams, Irina Morozova, Irina Morozova, Qiaoping Yuan, Rony Panarsky, Yuchao Zhang, Yuchao Zhang, Colin A. Hodgkinson, David Goldman, Sergey Kalachikov, Sergey Kalachikov, Jonathan A. Javitch, Jonathan A. Javitch, Jonathan A. Javitch   +15 more
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