The effects of non-medically used psychoactive drugs on monoamine neurotransmission in rat brain.
European Journal of Pharmacology March 22, 2007 Fumiko Nagai, Ryouichi Nonaka, Kanako Satoh Hisashi Kamimura 277 citations
We developed a reproducible, simple, and small-scale method for determining the re-uptake and release of monoamines (dopamine, serotonin (5-HT) and norepinephrine) using rat brain synaptosomes. These assays were then applied to study the effects of different kinds of non-medically used psychoactive drugs on monoamine re-uptake and release. The phenethylamine derivatives, 4-fluoroamphetamine,...