It has been found to induce the release of norepinephrine and dopamine in rat brain synaptosomes with EC50Tooltip half-maximal effective concentration values of 19.1 and 62.4nM, respectively, whereas serotonin was not reported.[1] It has been found to also induce the release of serotonin in mouse brain slices to some degree,[2] whereas it did not induce the release of serotonin in the brain in rats in vivo.[3]
In contrast to PCA, but similarly to amphetamine, 2-CA does not appear to produce serotonergic neurotoxicity in rats or guinea pigs.[5][6][3][7] While this could be attributed to rapid metabolism in the case of 3-chloroamphetamine (3-CA), 2-CA continued to lack serotonergic neurotoxicity even when its metabolism was inhibited by desipramine.[6]
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^ abFuller RW, Schaffer RJ, Roush BW, Molloy BB (May 1972). "Drug disposition as a factor in the lowering of brain serotonin by chloroamphetamines in the rat". Biochem Pharmacol. 21 (10): 1413–1417. doi:10.1016/0006-2952(72)90365-6. PMID5029422.
^ abcdOgren SO, Ross SB (October 1977). "Substituted amphetamine derivatives. II. Behavioural effects in mice related to monoaminergic neurones". Acta Pharmacol Toxicol (Copenh). 41 (4): 353–368. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0773.1977.tb02674.x. PMID303437.
^Fuller RW (May 1992). "Effects of p-chloroamphetamine on brain serotonin neurons". Neurochem Res. 17 (5): 449–456. doi:10.1007/BF00969891. PMID1528354.