Neurotoxicology of synthetic cathinone analogs

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 32, Issue , 2016, Pages 209-230

  Angoa Pérez, Mariana ^a,b   Anneken, John H ^a,b   Kuhn, Donald M ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

MDPV; Mephedrone; Methcathinone; Methylone; Neurotoxicity; Synthetic cathinones

Indexed keywords

4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; AMPHETAMINE; CATHINONE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; METHCATHINONE; METHYLENEDIOXYPYROVALERONE; METHYLONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1,3 BENZODIOXOLE DERIVATIVE; 3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYPYROVALERONE; ALKALOID; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; METHAMPHETAMINE; MONOMETHYLPROPION; PROPIOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

APOPTOSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; EXCITOTOXICITY; HYPERTHERMIA; NERVE ENDING; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; BENZODIOXOLES; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; FEVER; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; METHAMPHETAMINE; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROPIOPHENONES; PYRROLIDINES; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 85017510816     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2016_21     Document Type: Chapter

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