 Amphetamine
"Amphetamine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A powerful central nervous system stimulant and sympathomimetic. Amphetamine has multiple mechanisms of action including blocking uptake of adrenergics and dopamine, stimulation of release of monamines, and inhibiting monoamine oxidase. Amphetamine is also a drug of abuse and a psychotomimetic. The l- and the d,l-forms are included here. The l-form has less central nervous system activity but stronger cardiovascular effects. The d-form is DEXTROAMPHETAMINE.
| Descriptor ID |
D000661
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.092.471.683.152.110
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| Concept/Terms |
Amphetamine- Amphetamine
- Desoxynorephedrin
- Phenopromin
- Amfetamine
- Phenamine
Centramina- Centramina
- Miquel Brand of Amfetamine Sulfate
l-Amphetamine- l-Amphetamine
- l Amphetamine
- Levoamphetamine
- levo-Amphetamine
- levo Amphetamine
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| 1987 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Amphetamine" by people in Profiles.
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Moy SS, Riddick NV, Nikolova VD, Teng BL, Agster KL, Nonneman RJ, Young NB, Baker LK, Nadler JJ, Bodfish JW. Repetitive behavior profile and supersensitivity to amphetamine in the C58/J mouse model of autism. Behav Brain Res. 2014 Feb 01; 259:200-14.
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Haile CN, Kosten TR, Kosten TA. Pharmacogenetic treatments for drug addiction: cocaine, amphetamine and methamphetamine. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2009; 35(3):161-77.
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Miserendino MJ, Haile CN, Kosten TA. Strain differences in response to escapable and inescapable novel environments and their ability to predict amphetamine-induced locomotor activity. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2003 May; 167(3):281-90.
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Brodkin ES, Carlezon WA, Haile CN, Kosten TA, Heninger GR, Nestler EJ. Genetic analysis of behavioral, neuroendocrine, and biochemical parameters in inbred rodents: initial studies in Lewis and Fischer 344 rats and in A/J and C57BL/6J mice. Brain Res. 1998 Sep 14; 805(1-2):55-68.
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Schlake HP, Grotemeyer KH, Böttger I, Husstedt IW, Brune G. 123I-amphetamine-SPECT in classical migraine and migraine accompagnée. Neurosurg Rev. 1987; 10(3):191-6.
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