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Ellinwood EH Jr, Sudilovsky A, Nelson LM

American Journal of Psychiatry, 130, 1088-1093. October 1973

A parallel is drawn between several behavioral constellations observed in the evolution of the human amphetamine psychosis and the motor-postural-attitudina l manifestations induced in animals by chronic amphetamine intoxication. On the basis of the results reported. a triple-layered model of psychosis is suggested and the roles played by participating neurotransmitters and mechanisms are further elaborated.

NB: Contains interesting aside about Sherlock Holmes