News tagged with amphetamines

Helping the brain's messengers get from A to B

In what has been hailed as a breakthrough, scientists from Columbia University Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medical College have outlined the molecular mechanism of membrane transport. The research shows how a protein ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 10, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Britain bans 'legal high' drugs

Britain banned several drugs known as "legal highs" Wednesday amid mounting public concern about their health risks.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Drug-proof zebrafish reveal secrets of addiction

The effects of amphetamines on gene expression in zebrafish have been uncovered. This new study, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Biology, provides clues to the genetics that underlie susceptibility to add ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Phasic firing of dopamine neurons is key to brain's prediction of rewards

Researchers are one step closer to understanding the neurobiology that allows people to successfully learn motivated behaviors by associating environmental cues with rewarding outcomes, according to a study published yesterday ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Tests to catch the makers of dangerous 'legal high' designer drugs

Urgently needed tests which could help identify the manufacturers of designer 'legal high' drugs are being developed in research led at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Revisiting ADHD and Ritalin

Fifteen years ago, Dr. Lawrence H. Diller, a pediatrician from Walnut Creek, Calif., ignited a national debate over the steep rise in children being diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and treated with ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 17, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Using amphetamines may increase risk of Parkinson's disease

New research shows people who have used amphetamines such as benzedrine and dexedrine appear to be at an increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease, according to a study released today that will be presented at the ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

White House warns of 'bath salt' stimulants

President Barack Obama's drug czar warned Americans Tuesday about the growing threat of designer drugs marketed as "bath salts" that are in fact dangerous amphetamine-type stimulants.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Cocaine and ecstasy detected in waters of the L'Albufera in Spain

The water in the canals and irrigation channels in the L'Albufera Natural Park in Valencia contain cocaine, ecstasy and a further six drugs. This has been confirmed by a study carried out by researchers from ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Sep 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Parkinson's drug offers insight into helping cocaine users kick habit

(PhysOrg.com) -- Medication that increases levels of the brain chemical dopamine could open up new ways for helping some heavy users of cocaine and amphetamines kick the habit, researchers from Cambridge have ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 07, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study finds poker players using drugs to enhance performance

A Nova Southeastern University study recently presented at a national conference found that 80 percent of poker players around the world reported using drugs and other substances to enhance their performance in poker.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New technique enables drug tests via exhaled breath

A new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet presents a new technique that makes drug testing possible through exhaled air for the first time. By examining people who had received emergency care for ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created May 19, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Amphetamine use in adolescence may impair adult working memory

Rats exposed to high doses of amphetamines at an age that corresponds to the later years of human adolescence display significant memory deficits as adults - long after the exposure ends, researchers report.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Alcohol consumption may increase amphetamine abuse

Stimulant drugs, which can increase energy and concentration, are widely abused by young adults. One such drug are amphetamines, which in addition to being widely accessible, has been shown in previous studies to have a significant ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study focuses on mephedrone use in Northern Ireland post-ban

Researchers at Queen's University Belfast have completed one of the first studies of mephedrone use in Northern Ireland since the drug was outlawed earlier this year. They found that the ban did not deter those mephedrone ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 04, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0