Rapid Communication: Attenuation of Methamphetamine‐Induced Neurotoxicity in Copper/Zinc Superoxide Dismutase Transgenic Mice
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Neurochemistry
- Vol. 62 (1) , 380-383
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1471-4159.1994.62010380.x
Abstract
Administration of methamphetamine (METH) to rats and nonhuman primates causes loss of terminals in the nigrostriatal dopaminergic system. The mechanism by which METH causes its neurotoxici...Keywords
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