Stimulant mechanisms of cathinones - Effects of mephedrone and other cathinones on basal and electrically evoked dopamine efflux in rat accumbens brain slices

Jolanta Opacka-Juffry, Thomas Pinnell, Nisha Patel, Melissa Bevan, Meghan Meintel, Colin Davidson

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Abstract

Mephedrone, an erstwhile "legal high", and some non-abused cathinones (ethcathinone, diethylpropion and bupropion) were tested for stimulant effects in vitro, through assessing their abilities to increase basal and electrically evoked dopamine efflux in r
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)122-130
JournalPROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
Volume54
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Oct 2014

Keywords

  • Amphetamine
  • Bupropion
  • Cocaine
  • Diethylpropion
  • Ethcathinone
  • Voltammetry

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