Walaa F Alsanie, Sherin Abdelrahman, Raed I Felimban, Heba A Alkhatabi, Ahmed Gaber, Ebtisam Abdulah Alosimi, Majid Alhomrani, Hamza Habeeballah, Charlotte A E Hauser, Abdulhakeem S Alamri, Aiysha Althobaiti, Abdulaziz Alsharif, Ahmed S Alzahrani, Mohammad S Al-Ghamdi, Bassem M Raafat, Khaled A Alswat, Yusuf S Althobaiti, Yousif A Asiri
Methamphetamine, a highly addictive central nervous system (CNS) stimulant, is used worldwide as an anorexiant and attention enhancer. Methamphetamine use during pregnancy, even at therapeutic doses, may harm fetal development. Here, we examined whether exposure to methamphetamine affects the morphogenesis and diversity of ventral midbrain dopaminergic neurons (VMDNs). The effects of methamphetamine on morphogenesis, viability, the release of mediator chemicals (such as ATP), and the expression of genes involved in neurogenesis were evaluated using VMDNs isolated from the embryos of timed-mated mice on embryonic day 12...
March 16, 2023: International Journal of Molecular Sciences