Amphetamine-type stimulants
- Author: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Main Title: Terminology and Information on Drugs , pp 31-38
- Publication Date: April 2016
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/297feb6a-en
- Language: English French, Spanish
Amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) refer to a group of drugs, mostly synthetic in origin, whose principal members include amphetamine, methamphetamine and MDMA (ecstasy). Use of these substances has a stimulatory effect on the central nervous system and influences the levels and action of the important neurotransmitters: dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin. The action of these neurotransmitters induces a range of excitatory responses in the central nervous system. The differing degrees to which a substance affects these neurotransmitters contributes to the psychostimulant properties of individual ATS. There are also a number of synthetic stimulants that bear little structural similarity to ATS but have comparable mechanisms of action.
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9789210579148
Book DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18356/0f5bdc21-en
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Public Health
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