PMID- 7913870 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19940830 LR - 20190719 IS - 0361-9230 (Print) IS - 0361-9230 (Linking) VI - 34 IP - 2 DP - 1994 TI - Effects of designer drugs on the chicken embryo and 1-day-old chicken. PG - 143-50 AB - The present study was conducted to examine the effects of d-amphetamine and the designer drugs 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), N-methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl-3-butamine (HMDMA), 3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl-2-butanamine (BDB), 3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl-1-ethanamine (MDM1EA) in the chick embryo and the young chicken. HMDMA and MDM1EA had no effect on motility on day 14 of embryogenesis, while MDMA, BDB, and d-amphetamine decreased embryonic motility at one or more doses. On day 1 posthatch, chickens were challenged with cumulative injections of water or the same drug that they had received in ova. With the exception of MDM1EA, all of the drugs produced effects such as distress vocalization, wing extension, tremor, flat body posture, bursting forward movements, loss of righting reflex, and convulsant-like kicking. Pretreatment with drug in ova resulted in tolerance to certain drug effects and supersensitivity to other drug effects. Furthermore, BDB significantly decreased hatchability, MDM1EA decreased body weight, and HMDMA decreased liver weight. Further studies are needed to determine the mechanism(s) of toxicity in this species. FAU - Bronson, M E AU - Bronson ME AD - Auburn University School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacal Sciences, Auburn University, AL 36849-5503. FAU - Jiang, W AU - Jiang W FAU - Clark, C R AU - Clark CR FAU - DeRuiter, J AU - DeRuiter J LA - eng GR - NIDA DA 06637/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Brain Res Bull JT - Brain research bulletin JID - 7605818 RN - 0 (Designer Drugs) RN - 059QF0KO0R (Water) RN - 107447-03-0 (1-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)-2-butanamine) RN - 121734-64-3 (3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl-1-ethanamine) RN - 4764-17-4 (3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine) RN - 92279-87-3 (N-methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyphenylisobutylamine) RN - KE1SEN21RM (N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine) RN - TZ47U051FI (Dextroamphetamine) SB - IM MH - 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn MH - Body Weight/drug effects MH - Chick Embryo MH - Chickens MH - Designer Drugs/*pharmacology MH - Dextroamphetamine/pharmacology MH - Embryonic and Fetal Development/*drug effects MH - Female MH - Models, Biological MH - N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine MH - Pregnancy MH - *Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects MH - Water EDAT- 1994/01/01 00:00 MHDA- 1994/01/01 00:01 CRDT- 1994/01/01 00:00 PHST- 1994/01/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1994/01/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1994/01/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 0361-9230(94)90011-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/0361-9230(94)90011-6 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Brain Res Bull. 1994;34(2):143-50. doi: 10.1016/0361-9230(94)90011-6.