Psychoactive drugsare chemical substances that change brain functions by altering perception, consciousness, mood, behavior or cognition. Based on UNODC, Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) are substances of abuse, either in a pure form or preparation, that are not controlled by the 1961 Single Conve...
New psychoactive substances (NPS) sometimes referred to as "legal highs" or "designer drugs" are psychotropic materials that mimic the effects of other banned illicit drugs but are not always controlled under drug legislation. NPS are typically marketed as "not for human consumption" and are ...
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- 《Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences》 被引量: 204发表: 1989年 'Legal highs'--novel and emerging psychoactive drugs: a chemical overview for the toxicologist. INTRODUCTION: 'Legal highs' are psychoactive chemicals which are sold from 'head shops', the internet and from street suppliers and ...
Neurobiology of emerging psychoactive drugs Theresa M.Carbonaro,Michael B.Gatch, inBrain Research Bulletin, 2016 1Introduction N,N-dimethyltryptamine(DMT) is anindolealkaloid widely found in nature. It is anendogenous compoundin animals (Saavedra and Axelrod, 1972; Christian et al., 1977; Hollister...
Benzodiazepines (BDZs) are the most widely prescribed class of psychoactive drugs in current therapeutic use, despite the important unwanted side-effects that they produce such as sedation, myorelaxation, ataxia, amnesia, ethanol and barbiturate potentiation and tolerance. Searching for safer BDZ-...
California drug courts: outcomes, costs and promising practices: an overview of phase ii in a statewide study. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, SARC Supplement . 2006;3:345–356.California drug courts: outcomes, costs and promising practices: an overview of Phase II in a statewide study. Carey ...
Synthetic cannabinoids are a group of psychoactive drugs presently widespread among drug users in Europe. Analytical methods to measure these compounds in ... S Vikingsson,H Gréen,L Brinkhagen,... - 《Drug Testing & Analysis》 被引量: 13发表: 2015年 Molecular and Behavioral Pharmacological Char...
Drug abuse refers to the deliberate consumption of illegal substances or the overconsumption of prescribed psychoactive and over-the-counter (OTC) medications. It can affect the mind and body and cause several disorders, including addiction. As a result, drug abuse is diagnosed by using n...
We will introduce the reader to neurophysiology, briefly describing how the targets of psychoactive drugs in the central nervous system (CNS) normally function. Next, we will examine the neuropharmacology of the major classes of neurotransmitters, whose different functions specific drugs can target, ...