Mitragynine (Kratom) impairs spatial learning and hippocampal synaptic transmission in rats

Background: Mitragynine is the major alkaloid of Mitragyna speciosa (Korth.) or Kratom, a psychoactive plant widely abused in Southeast Asia. While addictive effects of the substance are emerging, adverse cognitive effects of this drug and neuropharmacological actions are insufficiently understood....

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Main Authors:	Hassan, Zurina, Suhaimi, Farah W., Ramanathan, Surash, Ling, King Hwa, Effendy, Mohamad A., Muller, Christian P., Dringenberg, Hans C.
Format:	Article
Language:	en
Published:	SAGE Publications 2019
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81371/1/KRATOM.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81371/ https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0269881119844186?journalCode=jopa
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