Abstract：
:A single dose of methamphetamine (25 mg/kg i.p.) was administered to young adult gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) aged 90 days and the number of spices was determined along 40-microns segments of basal, lateral and apical dendrites of pyramidal cells in layers III and V of the prefrontal cortex, after 1.5, 7, 20 and 30 days. The density of spines rapidly increased by more than 80% within 7 days after drug challenge, and subsequently returned to the original normal values within about 2 weeks. Thirty days after drug administration the density of dendritic spines was slightly, but significantly, less than control values (about 5%). The density of spines was likewise affected in layer III and V neurones, irrespective of the spatial domain of their dendritic ramifications. Since several lines of investigation indicate that methamphetamine can cause the destruction of dopaminergic nerve terminals in the mammalian forebrain, the present results are discussed against the background of current concepts about reactive synaptic reorganization and adaptive remodelling of neural circuits in the central nervous system.
journal_name
Eur J Pharmacoljournal_title
European journal of pharmacologyauthors
Dawirs RR,Teuchert-Noodt G,Molthagen Mdoi
10.1016/0014-2999(93)90937-dsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1993-09-07 00:00:00pages
89-97issue
1eissn
0014-2999issn
1879-0712pii
0014-2999(93)90937-Djournal_volume
241pub_type
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1981-09-24 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1983-07-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1994-05-12 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.06.005
更新日期：2006-08-07 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.06.060
更新日期：2006-10-10 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0014-2999(01)01412-1
更新日期：2001-11-09 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0014-2999(03)01759-x
更新日期：2003-05-30 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2010-11-25 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0014-2999(93)90399-3
更新日期：1993-12-07 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1986-05-27 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1991-02-25 00:00:00
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0014-2999(03)02001-6
更新日期：2003-07-25 00:00:00
abstract：:The central dopamine system plays a prominent role in the effect of psychostimulants such as methamphetamine, cocaine and nicotine. l-3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA), a precursor of dopamine, has been proposed as a neurotransmitter in the central nervous system. We have studied the effects of these psychostimulants ...
journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.08.031
更新日期：2006-11-07 00:00:00
abstract：:The past decade has witnessed a number of exciting developments in the field of mitochondrial dynamics - a phenomenon in which changes in mitochondrial shape and movement impact on cellular physiology and pathology. By undergoing fusion and fission, mitochondria are able to change their morphology between elongated in...
journal_title：European journal of pharmacology
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