Altered cannabinoid CB1 receptor mRNA expression in mesencephalon from mice exposed to repeated methamphetamine and methanandamide treatments
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Year of publication | 2011 |
Type | Article in Periodical |
Magazine / Source | Neuroendocrinology Letters |
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Field | Pharmacology and pharmaceutical chemistry |
Keywords | behavioural sensitization; methamphetamine; methanandamide; |
Description | Findings of the study suggest that particularly repeated pre-treatment with CB1 agonist methanandamide can elicit increase in the mRNA expression level at least in the mouse mesencephalon neurons associated with cross-sensitization to methamphetamine stimulatory effects. |
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