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Psychopharmacology (Berl)
December 2024
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University, 800 E. Leigh St., STE 205, Richmond, VA, 23219-0540, USA.
Rationale α-ET (α-ethyltryptamine), a homolog of the classical hallucinogen α-methyltryptamine, was once prescribed clinically as an antidepressant. Classical psychedelic drugs are currently of interest as potential pharmacotherapy for psychiatric disorders. Objectives Drug discrimination was used to (a) determine if α-ET-like stimulus effects could be engendered by the prototypical phenylalkylamines MDMA ("Ecstasy") or MDA ("Love Drug") and (b) evaluate the α-ET-like stimulus effects of four synthesized aryl-substituted monomethoxy analogs of α-ET (4-OMe-, 5-OMe-, 6-OMe- and 7-OMe-α-ET).
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December 2024
Department of Physicochemical Drug Analysis, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Medyczna 9, Cracow 30-688, Poland.
The sodium-dependent membrane transporter SLC6A15 (BAT2) belongs to the SLC6 family, which comprises carriers of amino acids and monoamines. BAT2 is expressed in the central nervous system (CNS), including the glutaminergic and GABAergic system. SLC6A15 supplies neurons with neutral amino acids.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProg Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry
December 2024
Department of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan. Electronic address:
Background: The incidence of antipsychotic-induced weight gain (AIWG) is difficult to predict in real-world practice because various factors influence it. This study aimed to explore background and medication-related factors associated with weight gain in patients newly prescribed with antipsychotic medication.
Methods: This nationwide, multicenter, prospective cohort study was conducted in Japan.
Appl Neuropsychol Adult
December 2024
School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
As people live longer with HIV, reports of poor sleep and neurocognitive impairments are expected to increase. Poor sleep and neurocognitive impairments commonly occur in people living with HIV (PLWH) and some medications (e.g.
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December 2024
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Akita, Japan.
Introduction: Hypnotic polypharmacy and its long-term prescriptions constitute the inappropriate use of hypnotics. However, the relationship between hypnotic polypharmacy and prolonged prescriptions remains unclear. This study aimed to elucidate the association between hypnotic polypharmacy and the duration of hypnotic prescriptions.
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