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ReviewCurrent neuropharmacology2017

The Role of Oxidative Stress in Methamphetamine-induced Toxicity and Sources of Variation in the Design of Animal Studies.

Kate McDonnell-Dowling, John P Kelly

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Review in Current neuropharmacology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Maternal use of methamphetamine alters cardiovascular function in the adult offspring.Biochemistry and cell biology = Biochimie et biologie cellulaire · 2023
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  15. Methamphetamine Dysregulation of the Central Nervous System and Peripheral Immunity.The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kate McDonnell-DowlingDiscipline of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway, Ireland.
John P Kelly
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe prevalence of methamphetamine (MA) use has increased in recent years. In order to assess how this drug produces its effects, both clinical and preclinical studies have recently begun to focus on oxidative stress as an important biochemical mechanism in mediating these effects.

objectiveThe purpose of this review is to illustrate the variation in the design of preclinical studies investigating MA exposure on oxidative stress parameters in animal models.

methodThe experimental variables investigated and summarised include MA drug treatment, measurements of oxidative stress and antioxidant treatments that ameliorate the harmful effects of MA.

resultsThese preclinical studies differ greatly in their experimental design with respect to the dose of MA (ranging between 0.25 and 20 mg/kg), the dosing regime (acute, binge or chronic), the time of measurement of oxidative stress (0.5 h to 2 wks after last MA administration), the antioxidant system targeted and finally the use of antioxidants including the route of administration (i.p. or p.o.), the frequency of exposure and the time of exposure (preventative or therapeutic).

conclusionThe findings in this paper suggest that there is a large diversity among these studies and so the interpretation of these results is challenging. For this reason, the development of guidelines and how best to assess oxidative stress in animal models may be beneficial. The use of these simple recommendations mean that results will be more comparable between laboratories and that future results generated will give us a greater understanding of the contribution of this important biochemical mechanism and its implications for the clinical scenario.

Indexed as

AnimalsCentral Nervous System StimulantsDisease Models, AnimalDose-Response Relationship, DrugHumansMethamphetamineNeurotoxicity SyndromesOxidative StressCentral Nervous System StimulantsMethamphetamine

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PMID27121285
PMCPMC5412700
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