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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"stimulant use"”.
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Stimulant Use, Associated Psychopathology, and Eating Disordered Symptomatology
… other psychopathological symptoms related to the use of central nervous system stimulants versus other types of drug use. Participants included 124 women in residential treatment for substance use with and without comorbid eating disorders. Symptomatology was measured by the Eating Disorders …
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NON-MEDICAL ADHD PRESCRIPTION STIMULANT USE AND SIMULTANEOUS ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
The non-medical use of prescription stimulants (NMPS) used to treat Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is common among college students. Research shows that NMPS users often consume more alcohol than non-NMPS users. However, there is limited research on the simultaneous use of NMPS …
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mGluR5 Involvement in Methamphetamine Reward and the Co-Morbidity of Schizophrenia and Stimulant Use Disorders
<p>Methamphetamine (Meth) is a potent, widely-used stimulant. Stimulant abuse occurs more frequently in the schizophrenia patient population than the general population. The co-morbidity of stimulant use disorders and schizophrenia presents an understudied phenomenon and suggests overlapping brain …
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Functional organisation of behavioural inhibitory control mechanisms in cortico-basal ganglia circuitry: implications for stimulant use disorder.
… control mechanisms are affected by the psychostimulant drug cocaine in both rats and humans. As reported in Chapter 2, systemic modulation of monoaminergic transmission by monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) inhibitors enhanced reversal learning performance, selectively by decreasing the lose-shift …
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Synthesis and Evaluation of the Aristotelia Alkaloids at the α3β4 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor
Substance use disorders remain a major public health concern in the United States, affecting over 48 million individuals in 2024. Yet, while nearly a third of all overdose deaths in the US have been linked to stimulants like cocaine, there are currently no FDA-approved treatments to aid those …
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Identifying Subtypes and Consequences of Illicit Use of Prescription Stimulants: A Pilot Study
<p>Illicit prescription stimulant use (IPSU) is a growing phenomenon among college students in the United States. IPSU is defined as taking a stimulant medication without a prescription or taking a stimulant prescription in higher doses than prescribed. To date, there are four major questions …
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The Impact of Methamphetamine on Genital Herpes Disease Pathogenesis and Host Immune Responses to Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 in Mouse and Guinea Pig Models
Use of the stimulant methamphetamine (METH) is increasingly common, with over 35 million users worldwide. There is a known association between stimulant use and an increased incidence of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI). Although behavioral disinhibition is an important component …
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Neurocognitive risk and protective factors in addictive disorders
… whether these abnormalities predate substance abuse, potentially serving as risk factors for dependence, or if they are the consequence of protracted use. To address this question, endophenotype research using stimulant-dependent individuals’ biological siblings has been used to investigate …
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Executive function and contingency management for methamphetamine use disorder in South Africa: a comparison pre- and post-treatment
… and assessment of articles on the association of stimulant use and resting state functional connectivity. In the empirical study, 33 subjects underwent executive function testing, resting state-fMRI, and structural neuroimaging prior to contingency management treatment. Executive function was …
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Neurochemical modulation of affective and behavioural control: Models and applications for psychiatry
… computational signature that dissociated PRL in stimulant use disorder (SUD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): Individuals with SUD showed heightened stimulus stickiness, as occurred following ATD in healthy volunteers, whereas the OCD group (under serotonergic medication) demonstrated …