ArticlePloS one2010
Methamphetamine self-administration is associated with persistent biochemical alterations in striatal and cortical dopaminergic terminals in the rat.
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90 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 134 citations in OpenAlex.
- Translational medications development for methamphetamine use disorder: A systematic review of preclinical, human laboratory, and clinical research.Pharmacological reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Uncovering transcriptomic biomarkers for enhanced diagnosis of methamphetamine use disorder: a comprehensive review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Neuronal development genes are key elements mediating the reinforcing effects of methamphetamine, amphetamine, and methylphenidate.Psychopharmacology · 2013Pooled it
- Effects of methamphetamine on two measures of reward: Euphoria and neural activation to reward cues.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025Trial
- Mesocorticolimbic Dopamine-Reward Tract Alterations and the 'Dark Side' of Methamphetamine Addiction.Addiction biology · 2026Article
- Differences between males and females in psychostimulant/sucrose self-administration (when observed) may not necessarily be driven by biological sex.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Molecular Mechanisms of Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity Disruption Induced by Chronic Methamphetamine Exposure: A Narrative Review.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2026Review
- 96-h methamphetamine self-administration elicits striatal dopamine depletion in male and female rats: a model of binge-like use.Psychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Selenium and Lycopene Ameliorate Methamphetamine-induced Neurotoxicity in Offspring Rats by Suppressing Oxidative Stress, Neuro-inflammation, and Apoptosis.Biological trace element research · 2026Article
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- Impacts of Self-Administered 3,4-Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) Alone, and in Combination with Caffeine, on Recognition Memory and Striatal Monoamine Neurochemistry in Male Sprague-Dawley Rats: Comparisons with Methamphetamine and Cocaine.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Modeling methamphetamine use disorder and relapse in animals: short- and long-term epigenetic, transcriptional., and biochemical consequences in the rat brain.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2023Review
- Amphetamine-induced prolonged disturbances in tissue levels of dopamine and serotonin in the rat brain.Pharmacological reports : PR · 2023Article
- Sex-Dependent Alterations in the mRNA Expression of Enzymes Involved in Dopamine Synthesis and Breakdown After Methamphetamine Self-Administration.Neurotoxicity research · 2022Article
- Biochemical Neuroadaptations in the Rat Striatal Dopaminergic System after Prolonged Exposure to Methamphetamine Self-Administration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Sex-Specific Alterations in Dopamine Metabolism in the Brain after Methamphetamine Self-Administration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Goofballing of Opioid and Methamphetamine: The Science Behind the Deadly Cocktail.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Review
- Neurotoxicity of methamphetamine: Main effects and mechanisms.Experimental neurology · 2021Review
- Voluntary oral methamphetamine increases memory deficits and contextual sensitization during abstinence associated with decreased PKMζ and increased κOR in the hippocampus of female mice.Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) · 2021Article
- Gut and brain profiles that resemble pre-motor and early-stage Parkinson's disease in methamphetamine self-administering rats.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Article
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Abstract
Methamphetamine (meth) is an illicit psychostimulant that is abused throughout the world. Repeated passive injections of the drug given in a single day or over a few days cause significant and long-term depletion of dopamine and serotonin in the mammalian brain. Because meth self-administration may better mimic some aspects of human drug-taking behaviors, we examined to what extent this pattern of drug treatment might also result in damage to monoaminergic systems in the brain. Rats were allowed to intravenously self-administer meth (yoked control rats received vehicle) 15 hours per day for 8 days before being euthanized at either 24 hours or at 7 and 14 days after cessation of drug taking. Meth self-administration by the rats was associated with a progressive escalation of daily drug intake to 14 mg/kg per day. Animals that self-administered meth exhibited dose-dependent decreases in striatal dopamine levels during the period of observation. In addition, there were significant reductions in the levels of striatal dopamine transporter and tyrosine hydroxylase proteins. There were also significant decreases in the levels of dopamine, dopamine transporter, and tyrosine hydroxylase in the cortex. In contrast, meth self-administration caused only transient decreases in norepinephrine and serotonin levels in the two brain regions, with these values returning to normal at seven days after cessation of drug taking. Importantly, meth self-administration was associated with significant dose-dependent increases in glial fibrillary acidic protein in both striatum and cortex, with these changes being of greater magnitude in the striatum. These results suggest that meth self-administration by rats is associated with long-term biochemical changes that are reminiscent of those observed in post-mortem brain tissues of chronic meth abusers.
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