Abstract:
:Methadone as the most prevalent opioid substitution medication has been shown to influence the neurophysiological functions among heroin addicts. However, there is no firm conclusion on acute neuroelectrophysiological changes among methadone-treated subjects as well as the effectiveness of methadone in restoring brain electrical abnormalities among heroin addicts. This study aims to investigate the acute and short-term effects of methadone administration on the brain's electrophysiological properties before and after daily methadone intake over 10 weeks of treatment among heroin addicts. EEG spectral analysis and single-trial event-related potential (ERP) measurements were used to investigate possible alterations in the brain's electrical activities, as well as the cognitive attributes associated with MMN and P3. The results confirmed abnormal brain activities predominantly in the beta band and diminished information processing ability including lower amplitude and prolonged latency of cognitive responses among heroin addicts compared to healthy controls. In addition, the alteration of EEG activities in the frontal and central regions was found to be associated with the withdrawal symptoms of drug users. Certain brain regions were found to be influenced significantly by methadone intake; acute effects of methadone induction appeared to be associative to its dosage. The findings suggest that methadone administration affects cognitive performance and activates the cortical neuronal networks, resulting in cognitive responses enhancement which may be influential in reorganizing cognitive dysfunctions among heroin addicts. This study also supports the notion that the brain's oscillation powers and ERPs can be utilized as neurophysiological indices for assessing the addiction treatment traits.
journal_name
Psychopharmacology (Berl)journal_title
Psychopharmacologyauthors
Motlagh F,Ibrahim F,Rashid R,Shafiabady N,Seghatoleslam T,Habil Hdoi
10.1007/s00213-018-5035-0subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-11-01 00:00:00pages
3273-3288issue
11eissn
0033-3158issn
1432-2072pii
10.1007/s00213-018-5035-0journal_volume
235pub_type
杂志文章abstract:RATIONALE:Previous studies have shown that buspirone, a partial 5-HT(1A) receptor agonist, produces antinociceptive effects in rats and mice; Ca(2+) plays a critical role as a second messenger in mediating nociceptive transmission. 5-HT(1A) receptors have been proven to be coupled functionally with various types of Ca(...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00213-002-1327-4
更新日期:2003-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:RATIONALE:Reductions in cue-induced craving and subjective response to drugs of abuse are commonly used as initial outcome measures when testing novel medications for the treatment of addiction. Yet neither the relationship between these two measures at the individual level nor the moderating effects of pharmacotherapi...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00213-017-4607-8
更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:RATIONALE:Somatostatin and its receptors have been localized in brain nuclei implicated in motor control, such as the striatum, nucleus accumbens, ventral pallidum, and globus pallidus (GP). OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to investigate the role of somatostatin receptors (sst(1,2,4)) in the GP on dopamine ...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00213-008-1305-6
更新日期:2008-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:RATIONALE:The phenomenon of sensitization has been theoretically implicated in mediating various aspects of drug addiction. Recent dose-response studies demonstrated that pretreatment with the putative antiaddictive agent, ibogaine (IBO), and a synthetic iboga alkaloid congener, 18-methoxycoronaridine (18-MC), increase...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s002130000478
更新日期:2000-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::A two flavour, unbiased, taste preference conditioning procedure was used to test for possible motivating effects of gamma 2-MSH. Three training trials failed to produce any significant effect with doses ranging from 2.4 to 40 micrograms/ICV infusion in drug-naive, non-operated or placebo-implanted rats. However, in r...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00634469
更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:RATIONALE:3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, ecstasy) produces an acute release of 5-HT in the brain, together with increased locomotion and hyperthermia. OBJECTIVE:This study examined whether the acute functional changes of locomotor activity and body temperature are related to enhanced 5-HT release induced by ...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00213-010-1921-9
更新日期:2011-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Two studies were conducted to replicate and extend previous demonstrations of smoking-induced, dose-related reports of euphoria, and to confirm this relationship using measures of plasma nicotine. In experiment 1, overnight-deprived subjects, in three different sessions, smoked ultralow-, high-nicotine, and usual-bran...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02247422
更新日期:1992-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Chronic treatment (2 weeks) with piracetam (500 mg/kg, once daily PO) elevated m-cholinoceptor density in the frontal cortex of aged (18 months) female mice by about 30-40%, but had no effect on m-cholinoceptor density in the frontal cortex of young (4 weeks) mice. The effect of piracetam on m-cholinoceptor density as...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00735884
更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Experiments were carried out using rats to investigate whether 5-HT1A neural mechanisms are involved in lithium-induced conditioned taste aversion (CTA). We found that the 5-HT1A antagonists p-MPPI and pindolol caused CTA similar to that produced by LiCl. The 5-HT1A agonist 8-OH-DPAT counteracted lithium-induced CTA. ...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s002130050370
更新日期:1997-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Plasma fluphenazine levels and plasma total neuroleptic activity (as quantitated by the neuroleptic receptor binding assay) were related to therapeutic response in 15 DSM-III schizophrenic patients who received a predetermined, fixed dose of fluphenazine for 14 days. Mean neuroleptic activity of the plasma was 84% gre...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00181256
更新日期:1986-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:RATIONALE:Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is thought to involve hypofunctional catecholamine systems in the striatum, nucleus accumbens, and prefrontal cortex (PFC); however, recent clinical evidence has implicated glutamate dysfunction in the pathophysiology of ADHD. Recent studies show that increased ...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00213-014-3479-4
更新日期:2014-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:RATIONALE:Endogenous and exogenous cannabinoids acting through the CB1 cannabinoid receptors are implicated in the control of a variety of behavioural and neuroendocrine functions, including emotional responses, and learning and memory processes. Recently, knockout mice deficient in the CB1 cannabinoid receptor have be...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00213-001-0946-5
更新日期:2002-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Ethanol-induced locomotor stimulation has been proposed to be positively correlated with the rewarding effects of ethanol (Wise and Bozarth 1987). The present experiments provided a test of this hypothesis using a genetic model. Three behavioral indices of the motivational effects of ethanol (drinking, taste condition...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02245064
更新日期:1994-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:RATIONALE:3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) produces a long-term depletion of serotonin (5-HT) in the rat brain; this depletion may have some functional consequences. OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the acute effects of MDMA on the extracellular concentrations of dopamine and 5-HT, body t...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s002130051143
更新日期:1999-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:RATIONALE:Previous work has shown that environmental enrichment alters amphetamine-induced locomotor activity and conditioned place preference. OBJECTIVE:The present study examined the effect of environmental enrichment on amphetamine self-administration. METHODS:Female and male rats were raised from 21 days of age i...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s002130100720
更新日期:2001-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Ibogaine is currently being investigated for its potential use as an anti-addictive agent. In the present study we sought to determine whether prior morphine exposure influences the ability of ibogaine to inhibit morphine-induced locomotor stimulation. Female Sprague-Dawley rats were pretreated once a day for 1-4 days...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02246495
更新日期:1995-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Evidence has been provided for impaired neurotransmitter functioning in the brain of elderly subjects. In order to assess central GABAergic transmission, the activity of the hypothalamic GABA system may be investigated by basal growth hormone (GH) response to the GABAergic drug sodium valproate (SV). For this purpose ...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00690918
更新日期:1987-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Doses of eight phenylethylamines were substituted for cocaine on a drug-maintained behavior baseline in baboons. Intravenous infusions of drug were contingent upon completion of 160 lever presses (a 160-response fixed-ratio schedule; FR 160). A 3-h time-out period followed each infusion, permitting a maximum of 8 infu...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00426841
更新日期:1976-11-24 00:00:00
abstract:RATIONALE:Synthesis of ligands inactive or with low activity at α₁ GABA(A) receptors has become the key concept for development of novel, more tolerable benzodiazepine (BZ)-like drugs. WYS8, a remarkably (105 times) α₁-subtype selective partial positive modulator, may serve as a pharmacological tool for refining the ro...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00213-013-3143-4
更新日期:2013-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Anti-psychotic treatment appears to be associated with striatal volume increase, but how early this change occurs is still unknown. METHODS:A single prospective cohort of 20 anti-psychotic-naïve patients, newly diagnosed with schizophrenia, underwent magnetic resonance imaging brain scan at baseline. This w...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00213-009-1619-z
更新日期:2009-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:RATIONALE:Marijuana and alcohol, when used separately and in combination, contribute to automobile accidents and failed sobriety tests of standing balance. However, the extent to which the drugs have additive effects on both of these measures is unknown. OBJECTIVES:This study was designed to compare directly the separ...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00213-002-1124-0
更新日期:2002-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::In order to study the role of dopamine (DA) in the regulation of seizure mechanisms in man, a non-emetic dose of apomorphine, a direct stimulant of DA receptors, was administered to eight patients effected by different types of epilepsy. The EEG changes induced by apomorphine administration in comparison to those elic...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1007/BF00427814
更新日期:1983-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:RATIONALE:Traditional remedies prepared from Ptychopetalum olacoides (PO) are used throughout the Amazon to alleviate age-related conditions. These formulas are mainly used by elders, and alleged effects may be related to the anticholinesterase properties identified in a standardized ethanol extract of this species [P....
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00213-008-1272-y
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:RATIONALE:Electronic cigarettes (ECs) are becoming popular alternatives for smokers, but there has been limited study of their abuse liability. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to evaluate the abuse liability of three Vuse Solo ECs, ranging from 14 to 36 mg in nicotine content, relative to high- and low-abus...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1007/s00213-017-4665-y
更新日期:2017-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Several theories propose alternative explanations for drug addiction. OBJECTIVES:We propose a general theory of transition to addiction that synthesizes knowledge generated in the field of addiction into a unitary explanatory frame. MAJOR PRINCIPLES OF THE THEORY:Transition to addiction results from a sequ...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00213-013-3224-4
更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:RATIONALE:Depressed patients robustly exhibit affective biases in emotional processing which are altered by SSRIs and predict clinical outcome. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study is to investigate whether psilocybin, recently shown to rapidly improve mood in treatment-resistant depression (TRD), alters patients' e...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00213-017-4754-y
更新日期:2018-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Patients taking lithium often report difficulties in concentration, memory, learning, and attention and many of these complaints are verified on psychometric testing. Laboratory tests of cognitive functions in healthy volunteers on chronic lithium demonstrate that disruptions in memory-learning processes are apparent ...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1007/BF00427911
更新日期:1985-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The effects of benztropine, scopolamine, atropine, methylatropine, amitriptyline, phencyclidine, and meperidine were determined alone and in conjunction with a behaviorally suppressing dose (0.05 mg/kg IM) of oxotremorine in pigeons responding under a multiple fixed-ratio 30 fixed-interval 5-min schedule of grain pres...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00433492
更新日期:1981-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:RATIONALE:Over the last decade, many new psychostimulant analogues have appeared on the recreational drug market and most are derivatives of amphetamine or cathinone. Another class of designer drugs is derived from the 2-aminoindan structural template. Several members of this class, including the parent compound 2-amin...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00213-019-05207-1
更新日期:2019-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Lymphocyte beta adrenergic receptor binding using [125I]CNP was determined in patients with panic disorder (N = 4) or agoraphobia with panic attacks (N = 17) and age- and sex-matched healthy subjects (N = 22). The patients showed a significantly lower number of beta-adrenergic receptor binding sites and a significantl...
journal_title:Psychopharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00735875
更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00