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Illicit Drugs

Known as: illegal drug, illicit drug, illegal drugs 
National Institutes of Health

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Central Nervous System AgentsDrug abuseDrug abuserDrugs of abuse:Imp:Pt:Meconium:Nom

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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Rapid screening of drugs of abuse in human urine by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with high resolution and high mass accuracy hybrid linear ion trap-Orbitrap mass spectrometry.
2012
2012
Performance of three point-of-care urinalysis test devices for drugs of abuse and therapeutic drugs applied in the emergency department.
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Noradrenergic α1 Receptor Antagonist Treatment Attenuates Positive Subjective Effects of Cocaine in Humans: A Randomized Trial
Background Preclinical research implicates dopaminergic and noradrenergic mechanisms in mediating the reinforcing effects of… 
2007
2007
Purification and characterization of the guinea pig sigma-1 receptor functionally expressed in Escherichia coli.
2007
2007
Distribution of drugs of abuse within specific regions of the human brain.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Role of serotonin in cocaine effects in mice with reduced dopamine transporter function
The mesolimbic dopaminergic system, especially the nucleus accumbens, has received attention for its involvement in the… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Testing for drugs of abuse in meconium of newborn infants.
A reliable and sensitive screening procedure has been developed for drugs of abuse (amphetamines, cocaine metabolites, opiates… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Drugs of abuse: biochemical surrogates of specific aspects of natural reward?
In this paper it is argued that drugs of abuse act on specific neurotransmitter pathways and by this mechanism elicit… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Possible abuse potential of the NMDA antagonist MK-801
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Direct detection of drugs of abuse in whole hemolyzed blood using the EMIT d.a.u. urine assays.
A simple, rapid, and sensitive method for the direct detection of a broad spectrum of drugs of abuse in hemolyzed whole blood by… 
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