Street Drugs - Pharmacology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Sedative and hypothermic effects of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) in rats alone and in combination with other drugs: assessment using biotelemetry.

12 May 2009 The recreational drug gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) has euphoric effects and can induce sedation and body temperature changes. GHB is frequently combined with other recreational drugs although these interactions are not well characterised. The present ... Read more...

Intermittent adaptation. A theory of drug tolerance, dependence and addiction.

9 May 2009 A mathematical model of drug tolerance and its underlying theory is presented. The model is essentially more complex than the generally used model of homeostasis, which is demonstrated to fail in describing tolerance development to repeated drug ... Read more...

Dopamine, reinforcement learning, and addiction.

9 May 2009 Dopamine is intimately linked with the modes of action of drugs of addiction. However, although its role in the initiation of drug abuse seems relatively uncomplicated, its possible involvement in the development of compulsive drug taking, and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Street Drugs - Pharmacology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Neuroenhancement: doping for the brain] 27 Sep 2009
• Sedative and hypothermic effects of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) in rats alone and in combination with other drugs: assessment using biotelemetry. 12 May 2009
• Intermittent adaptation. A theory of drug tolerance, dependence and addiction. 9 May 2009
• Dopamine, reinforcement learning, and addiction. 9 May 2009
• Dynamics of neuronal circuits in addiction: reward, antireward, and emotional memory. 9 May 2009
• Computational approaches to the neurobiology of drug addiction. 9 May 2009
• Genetics of dopamine receptors and drug addiction: a comprehensive review. 30 Jan 2009
• Role of the ERK/MSK1 signalling pathway in chromatin remodelling and brain responses to drugs of abuse. 10 Jan 2009
• The harmful health effects of recreational ecstasy: a systematic review of observational evidence. 30 Dec 2008
• Dopamine enhances fast excitatory synaptic transmission in the extended amygdala by a CRF-R1-dependent process. 15 Dec 2008
• [A novel mechanism by which reward and drugs of abuse alter chromatin in neurons] 29 Nov 2008
• Patterns of benzylpiperazine/trifluoromethylphenylpiperazine party pill use and adverse effects in a population sample in New Zealand. 30 Oct 2008
• [Crystal meth: a particular form of methamphetamine] 28 Oct 2008
• Behavioral analyses of GHB: receptor mechanisms. 27 Oct 2008
• Review. Transcriptional mechanisms of addiction: role of DeltaFosB. 10 Oct 2008
• The effect of exposure to drugs on the processing of natural rewards. 5 Oct 2008
• Protein kinases and addiction. 29 Sep 2008
• Dance clubbing on MDMA and during abstinence from Ecstasy/MDMA: prospective neuroendocrine and psychobiological changes. 22 Jul 2008
• Biological substrates of reward and aversion: a nucleus accumbens activity hypothesis. 13 Jul 2008
• A role for the circadian genes in drug addiction. Jul 2008

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Technical information about 'Street Drugs'

Definition: Drugs obtained and often manufactured illegally for the subjective effects they are said to produce. They are often distributed in urban areas, but are also available in suburban and rural areas, and tend to be grossly impure and may cause unexpected toxicity.

Registry Number: 0

Descriptor UI: D013287

Alternative terms: Street Drugs; Drugs, Street; Recreational Drugs; Drugs, Recreational; Illicit Drugs; Drugs, Illicit; Drugs of Abuse; Abuse Drugs;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; analysis; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemical synthesis; classification; diagnostic use; economics; history; immunology; isolation & purification; metabolism; pharmacokinetics; pharmacology; poisoning; radiation effects; standards; supply & distribution; toxicity; urine; chemistry; agonists; legislation & jurisprudence;

Tree Number: D26.878;

History Note: 87(77); was see under DRUGS 1977-86

Technical Notes: /econ /legis permitted; coord IM with specific drug or chemical (IM); CRACK COCAINE is available