"Designer Drugs" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Drugs designed and synthesized, often for illegal street use, by modification of existing drug structures (e.g., amphetamines). Of special interest are MPTP (a reverse ester of meperidine), MDA (3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine), and MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine). Many drugs act on the aminergic system, the physiologically active biogenic amines.
| Descriptor ID |
D015198
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D26.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Designer Drugs- Designer Drugs
- Drugs, Designer
- Customized Drugs
- Drugs, Customized
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Designer Drugs" by people in Profiles.
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Inhibitory designer receptors aggravate memory loss in a mouse model of down syndrome. Neurobiol Dis. 2020 02; 134:104616.
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Extended Amygdala to Ventral Tegmental Area Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Circuit Controls Binge Ethanol Intake. Biol Psychiatry. 2017 06 01; 81(11):930-940.
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Designer receptors enhance memory in a mouse model of Down syndrome. J Neurosci. 2015 Jan 28; 35(4):1343-53.
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for catatonia in a patient with schizophrenia and synthetic cannabinoid abuse: a case report. J ECT. 2013 Dec; 29(4):e61-2.