"Amphetamine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A powerful central nervous system stimulant and sympathomimetic. Amphetamine has multiple mechanisms of action including blocking uptake of adrenergics and dopamine, stimulation of release of monamines, and inhibiting monoamine oxidase. Amphetamine is also a drug of abuse and a psychotomimetic. The l- and the d,l-forms are included here. The l-form has less central nervous system activity but stronger cardiovascular effects. The d-form is DEXTROAMPHETAMINE.
| Descriptor ID |
D000661
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.092.471.683.152.110
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| Concept/Terms |
Amphetamine- Amphetamine
- Amfetamine
- Phenopromin
- Desoxynorephedrin
- Phenamine
l-Amphetamine- l-Amphetamine
- l Amphetamine
- levo-Amphetamine
- levo Amphetamine
- Levoamphetamine
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Amphetamine" by people in this website by year, and whether "Amphetamine" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 1999 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Amphetamine" by people in Profiles.
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Hyperdopaminergic States Bias Explorations-Exploitation Trade-Off in Foraging and Impair Survival. Eur J Neurosci. 2026 Sep; 64(5):e70669.
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Amphetamine produces enhanced behavioral responding in sensitized male rats: Parallel changes in AMPA receptor surface expression and PKC signaling in the NAcc. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2026 Aug 30; 149:111837.
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MDMA as well as amphetamine and alcohol increase feelings of social closeness in healthy adults. Sci Rep. 2024 12 28; 14(1):31312.
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Social Homeostasis and Psychoactive Drugs: What Can We Learn From Opioid and Amphetamine Drug Challenge Studies in Humans? Biol Psychiatry. 2025 May 15; 97(10):982-988.
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MDMA enhances positive affective responses to social feedback. J Psychopharmacol. 2024 03; 38(3):297-304.
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Conditioned inhibition of amphetamine sensitization. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2022 07; 192:107636.
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Stability of acute responses to drugs in humans across repeated testing: Findings with alcohol and amphetamine. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 07 01; 212:107989.
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Environmental enrichment reverses increased addiction risk caused by prenatal ethanol exposure. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 10 01; 191:343-347.
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Prenatal ethanol exposure increases risk of psychostimulant addiction. Behav Brain Res. 2019 01 01; 356:51-61.
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Exposure to conditions of uncertainty promotes the pursuit of amphetamine. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2019 01; 44(2):274-280.