Substance use disorder in the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review of vulnerabilities and complications

Y Wei, R Shah - Pharmaceuticals, 2020 - mdpi.com
As the world endures the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the conditions of
35 million vulnerable individuals struggling with substance use disorders (SUDs) worldwide …

The neurobiology of methamphetamine induced psychosis

JH Hsieh, DJ Stein, FM Howells - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Chronic methamphetamine abuse commonly leads to psychosis, with positive and cognitive
symptoms that are similar to those of schizophrenia. Methamphetamine induced psychosis …

Cross-talk between microglia and neurons regulates HIV latency

D Alvarez-Carbonell, F Ye, N Ramanath… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Despite effective antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders
(HAND) are found in nearly one-third of patients. Using a cellular co-culture system …

Drug–drug interactions between anti-retroviral therapies and drugs of abuse in HIV systems

S Kumar, PSS Rao, R Earla… - Expert opinion on drug …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Substance abuse is a common problem among HIV-infected individuals.
Importantly, addictions as well as moderate use of alcohol, smoking, or other illicit drugs …

HIV-1, methamphetamine and astrocyte glutamate regulation: combined excitotoxic implications for neuro-AIDS

IE Cisneros, A Ghorpade - Current HIV research, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Glutamate, the most abundant excitatory transmitter in the brain can lead to neurotoxicity
when not properly regulated. Excitotoxicity is a direct result of abnormal regulation of …

The complex interaction between methamphetamine abuse and HIV-1 pathogenesis

RC Passaro, J Pandhare, HZ Qian, C Dash - Journal of Neuroimmune …, 2015 - Springer
The global HIV/AIDS pandemic has claimed the lives of an estimated 35 million people. A
significant barrier for combating this global pandemic is substance use since it is associated …

Fronto-temporal alterations and affect regulation in methamphetamine dependence with and without a history of psychosis

A Uhlmann, JP Fouche, N Koen, EM Meintjes… - Psychiatry Research …, 2016 - Elsevier
Methamphetamine (MA) has been shown to have neurotoxic effects associated with brain
structure changes and schizophrenia-like psychotic symptoms. Although these …

Methamphetamine toxicity and its implications during HIV-1 infection

PS Silverstein, A Shah, R Gupte, X Liu… - Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Over the past two decades methamphetamine (MA) abuse has seen a dramatic increase.
The abuse of MA is particularly high in groups that are at higher risk for HIV-1 infection …

Inhibitory regulation of the prefrontal cortex following behavioral sensitization to amphetamine and/or methamphetamine psychostimulants: A review of GABAergic …

TA Wearne, JL Cornish - Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Behavioral sensitization to repeated psychostimulant administration has been proposed to
reflect many of the neurochemical and behavioral changes that are characteristic of a range …

Role of inflammasomes in HIV-1 and drug abuse mediated neuroinflammaging

S Sil, F Niu, ET Chivero, S Singh, P Periyasamy… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Despite the effectiveness of combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) in suppressing virus
replication, chronic inflammation remains one of the cardinal features intersecting HIV-1 …