Journal
BRAIN SCIENCES
Volume 2, Issue 4, Pages 434-482Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/brainsci2040434
Keywords
addiction; cognitive control; decision-making; dopamine; grey matter; functional magnetic resonance imaging; methamphetamine; neurotoxicity; positron-emission tomography; serotonin
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- New Zealand Pharmacy Education Research Foundation [208]
- Oakley Mental Health Research Foundation
- University of Auckland
- New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women
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Methamphetamine MA) is a potent psychostimulant drug whose abuse has become a global epidemic in recent years. Firstly, this review article briefly discusses the epidemiology and clinical pharmacology of methamphetamine dependence. Secondly, the article reviews relevant animal literature modeling methamphetamine dependence and discusses possible mechanisms of methamphetamine-induced neurotoxicity. Thirdly, it provides a critical review of functional and structural neuroimaging studies in human MA abusers; including positron emission tomography PET) and functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging MRI). The effect of abstinence from methamphetamine, both short-and long-term within the context of these studies is also reviewed.
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