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Protracted 'pro-addictive' phenotype produced in mice by pre-adolescent phenylpropanolamine.
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Aug 2007
Szumlinski Karen K, Liu Andrew, Penzner Jeffery H, Lominac Kevin D
Abstract excerpt
For decades, the sympathomimetic phenylpropanolamine (PPA; +/- -norepinephrine) was an active ingredient found in popular children's over-the-counter (OTC) cold, cough, and allergy medications. To examine the possibility that pre-adolescent PPA exposure may induce neuroadaptations that influence behavioral and neurochemical responding to cocaine, C57BL/6J mice were pretreated with PPA (0-40 mg/kg) during...
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