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ReviewTrends in pharmacological sciences2015

Amphetamines, new psychoactive drugs and the monoamine transporter cycle.

Harald H Sitte, Michael Freissmuth

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Review in Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 144 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
144citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
9.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

144 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 273 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. New psychoactive substances: a multidisciplinary review of challenges and their diverse character.Daru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences · 2025
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84 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Harald H SitteInstitute of Pharmacology, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University Vienna, Waehringerstrasse 13A, 1090 Vienna, Austria; Center for Addiction Research and Science (AddRess), Medical University Vienna, Waehringerstrasse 13A, 1090 Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: harald.sitte@meduniwien.ac.at.
Michael FreissmuthInstitute of Pharmacology, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University Vienna, Waehringerstrasse 13A, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Medical University of Vienna · AT

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF F 3506Austrian Science Fund FWF F 3510Austrian Science Fund FWF P 23658Austrian Science Fund FWF W 1232
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In monoaminergic neurons, the vesicular transporters and the plasma membrane transporters operate in a relay. Amphetamine and its congeners target this relay to elicit their actions: most amphetamines are substrates, which pervert the relay to elicit efflux of monoamines into the synaptic cleft. However, some amphetamines act as transporter inhibitors. Both compound classes elicit profound psychostimulant effects, which render them liable to recreational abuse. Currently, a surge of new psychoactive substances occurs on a global scale. Chemists bypass drug bans by ingenuous structural variations, resulting in a rich pharmacology. A credible transport model must account for their distinct mode of action and link this to subtle differences in activity and undesired, potentially deleterious effects.

Indexed as

AmphetaminesAnimalsBiological TransportHumansPlasma Membrane Neurotransmitter Transport ProteinsPsychotropic DrugsAmphetaminesPlasma Membrane Neurotransmitter Transport ProteinsPsychotropic Drugsaddictionamphetaminemonoamine transporterpsychostimulantregulationreverse transport

Identifiers

PMID25542076
PMCPMC4502921
OpenAlexW2059248417

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