Effects of amphetamine on the activity of phagocytosis in mice.
Experiments were conducted to evaluate the influences of chronic treatment with amphetamine (0.4 mg/kg/day) on the activity of phagocytosis in mice. Results show a decrease of the in vitro and in vivo phagocytosis measured by using the zymosan-particle uptake method and the carbon clearance test, respectively.
Freire-Garabal
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Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Núñez
M J
MJ
Balboa
J L
JL
Fernández-Rial
J C
JC
Belmonte
A
A
D000661:Amphetamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000166:cytology; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D013997:Time Factors
D000661:Amphetamine