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Karolina Noworyta-Sokołowska

2 papers in the library · 5 citations · publishing 2016-2018

Papers

The effect of repeated-intermittent exposure to 5-methoxy-N,N-diisopropyltryptamine (5-MeO-DIPT) during adolescence on learning and memory in adult rats.

Pharmacological reports : PR October 1, 2018 Karolina Noworyta-Sokołowska, Anna Maria Górska, Krystyna Gołembiowska 5 citations

Repeated intermittent exposure to the hallucinogenic novel psychoactive substance 5-MeO-DIPT during adolescence impaired adult rats' exploratory activity in the open field test, reducing the number of crossings, and impaired learning in the serial pattern learning test, suggesting deficits in long-term memory and cognitive flexibility. No change was observed in the novel object recognition test. The findings indicate that adolescent exposure to 5-MeO-DIPT can cause long-lasting behavioral changes that persist into adulthood.

Effect of Some Psychoactive Drugs Used as ‘Legal Highs’ on Brain Neurotransmitters

Neurotoxicity Research April 1, 2016 Krystyna Gołembiowska, Alexandra Jurczak, Katarzyna Kamińska et al.

New psychoactive designer drugs like PMA, PMMA, and mephedrone, which are used as substitutes in ecstasy pills, increase the release of dopamine and serotonin in rat brain regions including the striatum, nucleus accumbens, and frontal cortex, similar to MDMA. The drugs also altered tissue levels of these neurotransmitters in region-specific ways: for example, mephedrone and PMMA increased dopamine in the striatum, while mephedrone and PMMA decreased dopamine in the frontal cortex. These changes suggest the drugs may have dependence potential, though further research is needed to assess neurotoxicity and abuse risk.