Publications in collaboration with researchers from De Montfort University (25)

2005

  1. 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine increases pro-interleukin-1β production and caspase-1 protease activity in frontal cortex, but not in hypothalamus, of Dark Agouti rats: Role of interleukin-1β in neurotoxicity

    Neuroscience, Vol. 135, Núm. 4, pp. 1095-1105

  2. A comparative study on the acute and long-term effects of MDMA and 3,4-dihydroxymethamphetamine (HHMA) on brain monoamine levels after i.p. or striatal administration in mice

    British Journal of Pharmacology, Vol. 144, Núm. 2, pp. 231-241

  3. Elevation of ambient room temperature has differential effects on MDMA-induced 5-HT and dopamine release in striatum and nucleus accumbens of rats

    Neuropsychopharmacology, Vol. 30, Núm. 7, pp. 1312-1323

  4. Studies on the effect of MDMA ('ecstasy') on the body temperature of rats housed at different ambient room temperatures

    British Journal of Pharmacology, Vol. 146, Núm. 2, pp. 306-312

  5. The role of 5-HT in the impairment of thermoregulation observed in rats administered MDMA ('ecstasy') when housed at high ambient temperature

    Psychopharmacology, Vol. 179, Núm. 4, pp. 884-890

2004

  1. 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine increases interleukin-1β levels and activates microglia in rat brain: Studies on the relationship with acute hyperthermia and 5-HT depletion

    Journal of Neurochemistry, Vol. 89, Núm. 6, pp. 1445-1453

  2. A review of the mechanisms involved in the acute MDMA (ecstasy)-induced hyperthermic response

    European Journal of Pharmacology, Vol. 500, Núm. 1-3 SPEC. ISS., pp. 3-13

  3. Acute and long-term of MDMA on cerebral dopamine biochemistry and function

    Psychopharmacology, Vol. 173, Núm. 3-4, pp. 249-263

  4. Effect of ambient temperature and a prior neurotoxic dose of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) on the hyperthermic responce of rats to a single or ('binge' ingestion) low of MDMA

    Psychopharmacology, Vol. 173, Núm. 3-4, pp. 264-269

  5. Effect of repeated ('binge') dosing of MDMA to rats housed at normal and high temperature on neurotoxic damage to cerebral 5-HT and dopamine neurones

    Journal of Psychopharmacology, Vol. 18, Núm. 3, pp. 412-416

2003

  1. Differential effect of dietary selenium on the long-term neurotoxicity induced by MDMA in mice and rats

    Neuropharmacology, Vol. 44, Núm. 4, pp. 449-461

  2. On the protection against methamphetamine-induced neurotoxicity by benzamide, a PARP inhibitor [1]

    Psychopharmacology

  3. Synthesis, in vitro formation, and behavioural effects of glutathione regioisomers of alpha-methyldopamine with relevance to MDA and MDMA (ecstasy)

    Brain Research, Vol. 987, Núm. 2, pp. 144-154

  4. The nNOS inhibitor, AR-R17477AR, prevents the loss of NF68 immunoreactivity induced by methamphetamine in the mouse striatum

    Journal of Neurochemistry, Vol. 85, Núm. 2, pp. 515-524

  5. The pharmacology and clinical pharmacology of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, "ecstasy")

    Pharmacological Reviews, Vol. 55, Núm. 3, pp. 463-508

2002

  1. Protection against 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine-induced neurodegeneration produced by glutathione depletion in rats is mediated by attenuation of hyperthermia

    Journal of Neurochemistry, Vol. 81, Núm. 4, pp. 686-695

  2. Studies, using in vivo microdialysis, on the effect of the dopamine uptake inhibitor GBR 12909 on 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine ('ecstasy')-induced dopamine release and free radical formation in the mouse striatum

    Journal of Neurochemistry, Vol. 81, Núm. 5, pp. 961-972

  3. The pharmacology of the acute hyperthermic response that follows administration of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, 'ecstasy') to rats

    British Journal of Pharmacology, Vol. 135, Núm. 1, pp. 170-180

2001

  1. 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine induces monoamine release, but not toxicity, when administered centrally at a concentration occurring following a peripherally injected neurotoxic dose

    Psychopharmacology, Vol. 154, Núm. 3, pp. 251-260

  2. A neurotoxic dose of 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; ecstasy) to rats results in a long term defect in thermoregulation

    Psychopharmacology, Vol. 155, Núm. 4, pp. 413-418