Amphetamine-Related Disorders
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Sunday, November 08, 2009

Substance misuse and early psychosis.

30 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVE: This paper sought to review current knowledge about the relationship between substance misuse and early psychosis. METHODS: A literature search was conducted using Medline and restricting the search to articles after 1996. Additional ... Read more...

Learning and memory deficits in ecstasy users and their neural correlates during a face-learning task.

21 Jul 2009 It has been consistently shown that ecstasy users display impairments in learning and memory performance. In addition, working memory processing in ecstasy users has been shown to be associated with neural alterations in hippocampal and/or cortical ... Read more...

Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-related fatalities in Australia: demographics, circumstances, toxicology and major organ pathology.

12 Jul 2009 AIM: To examine the demographic characteristics, circumstances, toxicology and major organ pathology of MDMA-related deaths in Australia. METHODS: Retrospective review of cases in which MDMA was a cause of death, as identified from the National ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Amphetamine-Related Disorders'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• 42-year-old male methamphetamine user with dysarthria and facial droop. 29 Sep 2009
• The scourge of methamphetamine. 30 Jul 2009
• Methylphenidate: abuse and dependence. Abuse confirmed in France. 30 Jul 2009
• Substance misuse and early psychosis. 30 Jul 2009
• Learning and memory deficits in ecstasy users and their neural correlates during a face-learning task. 21 Jul 2009
• Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-related fatalities in Australia: demographics, circumstances, toxicology and major organ pathology. 12 Jul 2009
• The normalization of paranoia. 29 Jun 2009
• Chronic preexposure to methylphenidate cross-sensitizes methamphetamine in male Japanese quail. 29 Jun 2009
• Modulation of MDMA-induced behavioral and transcriptional effects by the delta opioid antagonist naltrindole in mice. 29 Jun 2009
• Extra-medical stimulant dependence among recent initiates. 7 Jun 2009
• Distribution of methamphetamine and amphetamine in drug abusers' head hair. 3 Jun 2009
• Family conflict and depression in HIV-negative heterosexuals: the role of methamphetamine use. 30 May 2009
• Association between neuropeptide Y gene and its receptor Y1 gene and methamphetamine dependence. 30 May 2009
• Methamphetamine and HIV. 30 May 2009
• An unusual cause of breathlessness in a young man. 30 May 2009
• Triangular congenital cataract morphology associated with prenatal methamphetamine exposure. 20 May 2009
• Methamphetamine-induced behavioral sensitization is enhanced in the HIV-1 transgenic rat. 13 May 2009
• Prenatal lead exposure enhances methamphetamine sensitization in rats. 7 May 2009
• Melatonin attenuates methamphetamine-induced reduction of tyrosine hydroxylase, synaptophysin and growth-associated protein-43 levels in the neonatal rat brain. 2 May 2009
• Methamphetamine use, sexual activity, patient-provider communication, and medication adherence among HIV-infected patients in care, San Francisco 2004-2006. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Amphetamine-Related Disorders'

Definition: Disorders related or resulting from use of amphetamines.

Descriptor UI: D019969

Alternative terms: Amphetamine-Related Disorders; Amphetamine Related Disorders; Disorder, Amphetamine-Related; Disorders, Amphetamine-Related; Amphetamine Addiction; Addiction, Amphetamine; Amphetamine Dependence; Dependence, Amphetamine; Amphetamine Abuse; Abuse, Amphetamine;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C21.739.225; F03.900.225;

History Note: 98