Amphetamine psychosis: a "model" schizophrenia mediated by catecholamines

Am J Psychiatry. 1973 Jan;130(1):61-7. doi: 10.1176/ajp.130.1.61.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Amphetamine / adverse effects*
  • Amphetamine / metabolism
  • Amphetamine / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Brain Chemistry / drug effects
  • Dopamine / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Models, Biological
  • Models, Psychological*
  • Neurons / metabolism
  • Norepinephrine / metabolism
  • Phenothiazines / metabolism
  • Psychoses, Substance-Induced / metabolism*
  • Receptors, Drug
  • Schizophrenia / metabolism*
  • Schizophrenia, Paranoid / metabolism
  • Substance-Related Disorders / metabolism
  • Synaptic Transmission

Substances

  • Phenothiazines
  • Receptors, Drug
  • Amphetamine
  • Dopamine
  • Norepinephrine