Advances in the mechanism of methamphetamine addiction
LIU Xi
DAI Zhen-feng
PU Xiao-ping
Abstract：Methamphetamine (MA),is one of amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS).Compared with traditional opioid drugs,the biggest difference of MA is its strong psychological dependence,and with high relapse rate,easy to get,unconspicuous physical withdrawal symptoms.Its addiction mechanism is complex,involving multiple brain regions,a variety of neurotransmitters and neural pathways,and a variety of genes and autophagy are closely related.Therefore,exploring the neural mechanism of MA addiction to provide ideas and methods for its prevention and treatment is imperative.In this paper,a summary of the latest progress of MA addiction mechanism was reviewed.
Keywords：methamphetamineaddictionepigeneticsautophagy
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-08-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 2541-2545 )