Single exposure to cocaine or ecstasy induces DNA damage in brain and other organs of mice

Addiction Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 96-99

  Alvarenga, Tathiana A ^a   Andersen, Monica L ^a   Ribeiro, Daniel A ^a   Araujo, Paula ^a   Hirotsu, Camila ^a   Costa, José L ^b   Battisti, Murilo C ^a   Tufik, Sergio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Instrumental Analysis Laboratory   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute administration; Cocaine; DNA damage; Ecstasy; MDMA; Single cell gel (comet) assay

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; COCAINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BRAIN CELL; CELL SUSPENSION; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; GENOTOXICITY; LIVER CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COCAINE; DNA DAMAGE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HALLUCINOGENS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; NEURONS; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 71949091609     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2009.00179.x     Document Type: Article

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