Jolanta Opacka-Juffry

2 papers in the library · publishing 2014-2018

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Mechanistic Insights into the Stimulant Properties of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) and Their Discrimination by the Dopamine Transporter-In Silico and In Vitro Exploration of Dissociative Diarylethylamines.

Brain Sciences April 7, 2018 Michelle A Sahai, Colin Davidson, Neelakshi Dutta et al.

Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) may have unsuspected addiction potential through possessing stimulant properties. Stimulants normally act at the dopamine transporter (DAT) and thus increase dopamine (DA) availability in the brain, including nucleus accumbens, within the reward and addiction pathway. This paper aims to assess DAT responses to dissociative diarylethylamine NPS by means of in...

DOI: 10.3390/brainsci8040063 Full text Addiction Dat Autoradiography Brain +5

The effects of benzofury (5-APB) on the dopamine transporter and 5-HT2-dependent vasoconstriction in the rat.

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry January 3, 2014 Patrick Dawson, Jolanta Opacka-Juffry, James D Moffatt et al.

5-APB, commonly marketed as 'benzofury' is a new psychoactive substance and erstwhile 'legal high' which has been implicated in 10 recent drug-related deaths in the UK. This drug was available on the internet and in 'head shops' and was one of the most commonly sold legal highs up until its recent UK temporary ban (UK Home Office). Despite its prominence, very little is known about its...

DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2013.08.013 Full text LSD MDMA Lysergic acid diethylamide 3,4, methylenedioxymethamphetamine +17