α-Methyltyrosine blocks methylamphetamine-induced degeneration in the rat somatosensory cortex

Brain Research

Volumn 365, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 15-20

  Commins, Deborah L ^a   Seiden, Lewis S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

catecholamine; methylamphetamine; neurotoxicity; rat; serotonin; somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLAMPHETAMINE; METIROSINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN CORTEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOXICITY; INTOXICATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ALPHA-METHYLTYROSINE; ANIMAL; BRAIN DISEASES; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; METHYLTYROSINES; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SEROTONIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0022503780     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(86)90717-1     Document Type: Article

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