Behavioural and biological effects of Methamphetamine

2021

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TOPIC 1: The behavioural and biological effects of Methamphetamine use.

Starting References:

Yui K, Ikemoto S, Ishiguro T, Goto K. Studies of amphetamine or methamphetamine psychosis in Japan: relation of methamphetamine psychosis to schizophrenia. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2000 Sep;914:1-12. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb05178.x. PMID: 11085303.

https://nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb05178.x?sid=nlm%3Apubmed

Guerin AA, Bonomo Y, Lawrence AJ, Baune BT, Nestler EJ, Rossell SL, Kim JH. Cognition and Related Neural Findings on Methamphetamine Use Disorder: Insights and Treatment Implications From Schizophrenia Research. Front Psychiatry. 2019 Dec 17;10:880. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00880. PMID: 31920743; PMCID: PMC6928591.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6928591/

Wearne TA, Cornish JL. A Comparison of Methamphetamine-Induced Psychosis and Schizophrenia: A Review of Positive, Negative, and Cognitive Symptomatology. Front Psychiatry. 2018 Oct 10;9:491. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00491. PMID: 30364176; PMCID: PMC6191498.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6191498/

Voce A, McKetin R, Burns R, Castle D, Calabria B. The relationship between illicit amphetamine use and psychiatric symptom profiles in schizophrenia and affective psychoses. Psychiatry Res. 2018 Jul;265:19-24. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.04.015. Epub 2018 Apr 5. PMID: 29680513.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165178117319832?via%3Dihub

TOPIC 2: The behavioural and biological effects of PCP use.

Starting References:

Javitt, D. C., Zukin, S. R., Heresco-Levy, U., & Umbricht, D. (2012). Has an angel shown the way? Etiological and therapeutic implications of the PCP/NMDA model of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia bulletin, 38(5), 958–966. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbs069

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3446214/

Cadinu D, Grayson B, Podda G, Harte MK, Doostdar N, Neill JC. NMDA receptor antagonist rodent models for cognition in schizophrenia and identification of novel drug treatments, an update.

Neuropharmacology. 2018 Nov;142:41-62. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.11.045. Epub 2017 Nov 28.

PMID: 29196183.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028390817305841?via%3Dihub

Mouri A, Noda Y, Enomoto T, Nabeshima T. Phencyclidine animal models of schizophrenia: approaches from abnormality of glutamatergic neurotransmission and neurodevelopment. Neurochem Int. 2007 Jul- Sep;51(2-4):173-84. doi: 10.1016/j.neuint.2007.06.019. Epub 2007 Jun 27. PMID: 17669558.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197018607001714?via%3Dihub

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