TY - JOUR PY - 2022// TI - Methamphetamine, amphetamine, and aggression in humans: a systematic review of drug administration studies JO - Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews A1 - O'Malley, Kate Y. A1 - Hart, Carl L. A1 - Casey, Sharon A1 - Downey, Luke A. SP - ePub EP - ePub VL - ePub IS - ePub N2 - The relationship between amphetamine use and aggressive or violent behaviour is unclear. This review examined laboratory data collected in humans, who were administered an acute dose of amphetamine or methamphetamine, in order to investigate the link between amphetamines and aggression. It is registered with PROSPERO (CRD42019127711). Included in the analysis are data from twenty-eight studies. Behavioural and/or subjective measures of aggression were assessed in one thousand and sixty-nine research participants, with limited amphetamine-use histories, following a single amphetamine dose (0-35mg). The available published evidence indicates that neither amphetamine nor methamphetamine acutely increased aggression as assessed by traditional laboratory measures. Future research should assess supratherapeutic amphetamine doses as well as include a broader range of multiple aggression measures, facilitating simultaneous assessment of the various components that comprise this complex, multifaceted construct.

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LA - en SN - 0149-7634 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104805 ID - ref1 ER -