Papers

Effects of METHAMPHETAMINE (METH) and MDMA in the CNS:

Microgliosis and down-regulation of adenosine transporter induced by methamphetamine in rats. E. Escubedo, L. Guitart, F.X. Sureda, A. Jiménez. D. Pubill, A. Camins, M. Pallàs, J. Camarasa.Brain Research (1998) 814:120-126

Carnosine prevents methamphetamine-induced gliosis but not dopamine-terminal loss in rats. D. Pubill, E. Verdaguer, F.X. Sureda, A. Camins, M. Pallàs, J. Camarasa, E. Escubedo. European Journal of Pharmacology (2002) 448:165-168.

Different glial response against methamphetamine- and methylenedioxymethamphetamine -induced neurotoxicity. Pubill, D.; Canudas, A.; Camins, A; Pallas, M.; Camarasa, J.; Escubedo, E. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg’s Archives of Pharmacology (2003) 367: 490–499.  

Estudio citométrico de los mecanismos implicados en la producción de RLO inducida por derivados metanfetamínicos. Galiana, C.; Pubill, D.; Camarasa, J., Escubedo, E. IV Simposio de Neurobiología de la Sociedad Catalana de Biología (2002).

Efecto de un tratamiento neurotóxico con MDMA sobre los receptores D₂  y 5-HT₂  en rata. Caballero, N.; Escubedo, E.; Camarasa, J.; Pubill, D. IV Simposio de Neurobiología de la Sociedad Catalana de Biología (2002).

Neuronal alterations after a combined mdma (ecstasy)-caffeine treatment in rats. Escubedo E., Caballero N., Camarasa J., Pubill D. XXV Congreso Anual de la Sociedad Española de Farmacología. Cádiz 2003

Antinociceptive effect of MDMA (ecstasy) in different experimental pain models.  Camarasa J., Campins L., Pubill D., Escubedo E.  XXV Congreso Anual de la Sociedad Española de Farmacología. Cádiz 2003

Effects of METH on ROS production. Involvement of alpha-7 nicotinic receptors

Neurotoxicity of amphetamine derivatives is mediated by caspase pathway activation in rat cerebellar granule cells. Jiménez, E. García, E. Verdaguer, D. Pubill, FX. Sureda, A. Canudas, E. Escubedo, J. Camarasa, A. Camins, M. Pallàs. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. (2004) 196:223-34.

Free radical production induced by methamphetamine in rat striatal synaptosomes. D. Pubill, C. Chipana, A. Camins, M. Pallàs, J. Camarasa, E. Escubedo. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 2005 204(1):57-68.

Methyllycaconitine Prevents Methamphetamine-Induced Effects in Mouse Striatum: Involvement of alpha_7 Nicotinic Receptors.  E. Escubedo, C. Chipana, M. Perez-Sanchez, J. Camarasa, D. Pubill. J.Pharmacol. Exp. Ther.  2005, 315 (2): 658-667

Key role of alpha_7 Nicotinic Receptors in MDMA induced dopaminergic injury in mice. C. Chipana, J. Camarasa, D. Pubill E. Escubedo. Neuropharmacology (2006)  In press.