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. 2022 Jan 27;10(2):202. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10020202

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Outline of neurotoxic mechanisms of various drugs of abuse. Various drugs of abuse over-activate the glutamatergic and/or dopaminergic signaling pathways and initiate molecular cascades leading to excitotoxicity, apoptosis, oxidative stress, and inflammation. The figure was created using BioRender software.