[HTML][HTML] Oxidative stress and cocaine intoxication as start points in the pathology of cocaine-induced cardiotoxicity

E Georgieva, Y Karamalakova, R Miteva, H Abrashev…�- Toxics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Psychomotor stimulants are the most commonly used prohibited substances after cannabis.
Globally, their use reaches epidemiological proportions and is one of the most common�…

Green Analytical Toxicology for the determination of cocaine metabolites

G de Paula Meirelles, AL Fabris…�- Journal of analytical�…, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Brazil is the third largest contributor to Green Analytical Chemistry, and there is significant
participation of toxicologists in the development and improvement of environmental�…

Early-onset cardiovascular disease from cocaine, amphetamines, alcohol, and marijuana

EL O'Keefe, A Dhore-Patil, CJ Lavie�- Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular disease (CVD), a disease typically associated with aging and the definitive
leading cause of death worldwide, now threatens young and middle-aged populations�…

[HTML][HTML] Exercise modulates brain glucose utilization response to acute cocaine

C Hanna, J Hamilton, K Blum, RD Badgaiyan…�- Journal of Personalized�…, 2022 - mdpi.com
Exercise, a proven method of boosting health and wellness, is thought to act as a protective
factor against many neurological and psychological diseases. Recent studies on exercise�…

Elevated interleukin 8 and matrix metalloproteinase 9 levels are associated with myocardial pathology in users of anabolic-androgenic steroids

I Gregersen, ME Scarth, R Abdullah…�- European Journal of�…, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Aims In the current paper, we aim to explore the effect of both current and former long-term
anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) use on regulation of systemic inflammatory markers and�…

Direct‐acting antiviral interactions with opioids, alcohol or illicit drugs of abuse in HCV‐infected patients

K Ing Lorenzini, F Girardin�- Liver International, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence is extremely high in patients who consume and
inject illicit drugs. Concerns about poor adherence and fear of interaction with drugs of�…

[HTML][HTML] Metabolites of cannabis induce cardiac toxicity and morphological alterations in cardiac myocytes

AO Merve, P Sobiecka, V Remeškevičius…�- International Journal of�…, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cannabis is one of the most commonly used recreational drugs worldwide. Rrecent
epidemiology studies have linked increased cardiac complications to cannabis use�…

[HTML][HTML] Exercise Modifies the Brain Metabolic Response to Chronic Cocaine Exposure Inhibiting the Stria Terminalis

C Hanna, R Yao, M Sajjad, M Gold, K Blum, PK Thanos�- Brain Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
It is well known that exercise promotes health and wellness, both mentally and
physiologically. It has been shown to play a protective role in many diseases, including�…

Trends in Psychotropic Drug− Implicated Cardiovascular Mortality: Patterns in US Mortality, 1999− 2020

BC Kelly, M Vuolo�- American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Psychotropic drug− implicated (PDI) mortality—deaths in which psychotropic
drugs were a contributing but not underlying cause of death—increased over two decades�…

Recent advances of biosensors based on split aptamers in biological analysis: A review

X Liu, J Song, R Yang, S Su, L Zhang…�- IEEE Sensors�…, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Aptamers are oligonucleotides with distinct conformational shapes that allow them to bind a
wide range of targets with high affinity and specificity. Compared with intact parent aptamers�…