psychostimulants

Webinar: "Medication Options for Treatment of Stimulant Use Disorders: Optimistic Update and New Research"

2 March 2021

Maryland

United States

Register now at https://thenationalcouncil-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-W5Zn4sRTb6FgD0_PxM5Yw

Tuesday, March 2, 2021, starting at 01:00 PM (Washington, DC time)

Overdose deaths associated with illicit stimulants (cocaine and methamphetamine) have surged in the past eight years, according to a recent study by the National Inst

Psychostimulant Use and the Brain

Scientific article

19 July 2019

Over the past decade there has been an increase in the manufacture and use of psychostimulants in countries around the world. Around two-thirds of illicit psychostimulant users are male with average age of use for methamphetamine and...

Treatment of Stimulant Use Disorders: Current Practices and Promising Perspectives

Book

UNODC has put together a discussion paper that aims to raise awareness about the latest scientific evidence concerning the treatment of psychostimulant use disorders.

Rise in Glutamate Levels Can Be Used to Predict Drug High

News

A study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) explores the action of psychostimulant drugs on glutamate, one of the most abundant neurotransmitters in the human body. Drugs with a stimulant effect are commonly prescribed to...

Rise in glutamate levels can be used to predict drug high

The Role of Adenosine Receptors in Psychostimulant Addiction

Scientific article

10 January 2018

Adenosine receptors (AR) are a family of G-protein coupled receptors, comprised of four members, named A1, A2A, A2B, and A3 receptors, found widely distributed in almost all human body tissues and organs. To date, they are known to...