Cerebral synaptic transmission and behavioral effects of dimethoxyphenylethylamine: a potential psychotogen.
Dimethoxyphenylethylamine, like mescaline which it resembles, impairs cerebral synaptic transmission and behavior in cats. It has properties associated with hallucinogens and, on this score, qualifies as a potential inducer of psychosis. The idea of such an endogenous inducer is thus reaffirmed by the candidacy of dimethoxyphenylethylamine.
D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002415:Cats; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D004298:Dopamine; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D006213:Hallucinogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008238:Lysergic Acid Diethylamide; D010627:Phenethylamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011605:Psychoses, Substance-Induced; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects*
D002395:Catecholamines; D006213:Hallucinogens; D010627:Phenethylamines; D008238:Lysergic Acid Diethylamide; D004298:Dopamine