OBJECTIVES: About 25 000 serious methamphetamine abusers live in the Czech Republic
among the total population of 10 million. Dependence on methamphetamine is markedly …

Objectives: This study aims to identify temperament and characteristics of cannabis and
methamphetamine abusers for elucidating psycho-biological variables related to certain …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review describes the increasing global problem of
methamphetamine (MA) use and development of psychosis, the molecular and structural …

Objectives: Both superoxide dismutase 2 gene (SOD2), encoding a free radical scavenger,
and dystrobrevin-binding protein 1 gene (DTNBP1), a candidate gene for schizophrenia …

Introduction: Sustained attention is known to be dysfunctional in psychotic disorders.
Sustained attention is the ability to remain focused on a specific time-locked stimulus within …

Objectives: This study aims to identify temperament and characteristics of cannabis and
methamphetamine abusers for elucidating psycho-biological variables related to certain …

Illicit psychostimulant drugs such as amphetamines and derivatives represent a highly
addictive class of compounds. Included in this group are L-amphetamine, ephedrine …

Identification of blood-based biomarkers for psychiatric disease risk and development has
emerged as an important area of translational research in medicine, offering a means to …

This chapter includes a review of the substances cocaine, the substituted phenylethylamines
amphetamine (AMPH), dextroamphetamine, and methamphetamine, and the structurally …

BACKGROUND Stimulants such as amphetamine, methamphetamine, cocaine and ecstasy
are the most widely used illicit drugs after cannabis, and may influence the onset and course …