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Georgetta Vosmer
Researcher at University of Chicago
Publications - 20
Citations - 1511
Georgetta Vosmer is an academic researcher from University of Chicago. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dopamine & Methamphetamine. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 20 publications receiving 1502 citations.
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Biochemical and histological evidence that methylenedioxymethylamphetamine (MDMA) is toxic to neurons in the rat brain.
Deborah L. Commins,Georgetta Vosmer,R M Virus,William L. Woolverton,Charles R. Schuster,L S Seiden +5 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest that MDMA is toxic to serotonergic and, to a lesser extent, catecholaminergic neurons and some neurons that do not contain these transmitters (neocortical neurons) are also affected.
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Formation of 6-hydroxydopamine in caudate nucleus of the rat brain after a single large dose of methylamphetamine.
Lewis S. Seiden,Georgetta Vosmer +1 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that the formation of 6-hydroxydopamine from endogenous dopamine is responsible for the neurotoxicity to dopamine terminals seen after methylamphetamine administration.
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Dopamine uptake inhibitors block long-term neurotoxic effects of methamphetamine upon dopaminergic neurons
TL;DR: The results suggest that an intact and functional DA uptake site is necessary for the development of MA-induced long-term DA depletions, and that a single large MA dose is necessary to exert neurotoxic effects on dopaminergic neurons.
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Neurotoxicity in Dopamine and 5‐Hydroxytryptamine Terminal Fields: A Regional Analysis in Nigrostriatal and Mesolimbic Projections
TL;DR: A differential sensitivity of the 5-HT and DA systems to the toxic effect of MA is speculative, but may be related to the differential formation of toxins due to the differing availability of oxygen and superoxides at serotonergic and dopaminergic synapses.
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5,6-dihydroxytryptamine, a serotonergic neutotoxin, is formed endogenously in the rat brain
TL;DR: It is suggested that 5,6-DHT formed from 5-HT may mediate the neurotoxic effects of MA on serotonergic nerve terminals, and appears to be adequate to cause the observed long-term 5- HT depletions.