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ReviewDrug target insights2016

Brain Histamine N-Methyltransferase As a Possible Target of Treatment for Methamphetamine Overdose.

Junichi Kitanaka, Nobue Kitanaka, F Scott Hall, George R Uhl, Motohiko Takemura

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In one paragraph

Review in Drug target insights, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 34% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. HistamineInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2019
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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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Junichi KitanakaDepartment of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan.
Nobue KitanakaDepartment of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan.
F Scott HallDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.
George R UhlNew Mexico VA Healthcare System/BRINM, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Motohiko TakemuraDepartment of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan.
Hyogo Medical University · JPNew Mexico VA Health Care System · USUniversity of Toledo · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stereotypical behaviors induced by methamphetamine (METH) overdose are one of the overt symptoms of METH abuse, which can be easily assessed in animal models. Currently, there is no successful treatment for METH overdose. There is increasing evidence that elevated levels of brain histamine can attenuate METH-induced behavioral abnormalities, which might therefore constitute a novel therapeutic treatment for METH abuse and METH overdose. In mammals, histamine N-methyltransferase (HMT) is the sole enzyme responsible for degrading histamine in the brain. Metoprine, one of the most potent HMT inhibitors, can cross the blood-brain barrier and increase brain histamine levels by inhibiting HMT. Consequently, this compound can be a candidate for a prototype of drugs for the treatment of METH overdose.

Indexed as

brain histaminergic systemhistamine N-methyltransferasemethamphetaminemetoprineoverdoseStereotyped behavior

Identifiers

PMID26966348
PMCPMC4777238
OpenAlexW2292717341

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Registered trials

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