Synthetic Cathinones and Their Rewarding and Reinforcing Effects in Rodents

<table>Similar chemical structures of cathinone, D-amphetamine, and methamphetamine (top row), the “first generation” synthetic cathinones mephedrone, MDPV, and methylone (middle row), and the “second generation” synthetic cathinones <i>α</i>-PVP and 4-MEC.</table>

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Figure 1: Synthetic Cathinones and Their Rewarding and Reinforcing Effects in Rodents 