February 16, 2012 — Psychostimulant drugs are effective for the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) because when they activate the dopamine D4 receptors in the basal ganglia ...

Psychostimulants including methamphetamine, cocaine, and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), as well some legally available agents in this drug class, have been tied to a significantly increased ...

It has long been known that psychostimulant drugs have the paradoxical effect of reducing hyperactivity. [Psychostimulant drugs include methylphenidate – known by the trade names Ritalin, Concerta, ...

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A multi-institutional group of researchers describes (“Characterization of the brain functional architecture of psychostimulant withdrawal using single-cell whole brain imaging“) in eNeuro how ...

Psychostimulants, including amphetamine-type stimulants and methylphenidate, are most often prescribed to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In ...

Overdose deaths involving meth and other stimulants rose dramatically in the Buckeye State between 2010 and 2017, according to a recent data analysis that underscores the evolving nature of the nation ...

Naturally rewarding stimuli (i.e. food, sex, etc) increase the activity of dopamine cells in the mesocorticolimbic dopamine system causing increased dopamine release in brain areas such as the nucleus ...

Headlines about America’s drug crisis have long centered on opioids such as heroin and fentanyl. But a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention paints a more complicated ...

Interestingly, the gene Period 2 (Per2) has been linked with an increased tendency towards drug abuse. Per2 is associated with our circadian rhythms, our internal clock which regulates our sleep-wake ...