the invitation

Invitation to Seminar Talk
Transporters as clinical targets of drugs:
amphetamines, new psychoactive substances
and the monoamine transporter cycle
Harald Sitte
Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna
Host: Gaia Novarino
Monoaminergic neurotransmission is terminated by reuptake of extracellular
dopamine (DA) or serotonin (5-HT) by the respective high-affinity transporters (DAT,
SERT). These transporters are major molecular targets for psychostimulants such as
cocaine and amphetamines. However, more recently, another low-affinity
transporter has come into the focus: the organic cation transporter 3 (OCT3). It is an
unsuspected player in the action of amphetamines.
The presentation will focus on the recent developments and discuss the regulation
of transporters and the role of OCT3 in amphetamine effects.
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Thursday, March 3, 11:00 am
Seminar Room, Lab Building East, Ground floor
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