Brain levels of neuropeptides in human chronic methamphetamine users
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Levels of 4-hydroxynonenal and malondialdehyde are increased in brain of human chronic users of methamphetamine.
Animal studies suggest that the widely used psychostimulant drug methamphetamine (MA) can harm brain dopamine neurones, possibly by causing oxidative damage. However, evidence of oxidative damage in brain of human MA users is lacking. We tested the hypothesis that levels of two "gold standard" products generated from lipid peroxidation, 4-hydroxynonenal (one of the most reactive lipid peroxidat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neuropharmacology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0028-3908
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2007.06.009