GluN2A NMDA Receptor Enhancement Improves Brain Oscillations, Synchrony, and Cognitive Functions in Dravet Syndrome and Alzheimer’s Disease Models [PDF]
Cell Reports, 2020 Summary: NMDA receptors (NMDARs) play subunit-specific roles in synaptic function and are implicated in neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders.
Jesse E. Hanson +25 more
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Therapeutic dilemmas: cognitive enhancers and risk of falling in older adults-a clinical review. [PDF]
Eur Geriatr Med, 2023 AimTo summarize the falls-related risks of cognitive enhancing medications used to treat neurodegenerative conditions. To assist the clinician in considering the appropriateness of prescribing a cognitive enhancer in an older person at risk of falls and ...
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Discovery of Inhibitors of Insulin-Regulated Aminopeptidase as Cognitive Enhancers [PDF]
International Journal of Hypertension, 2012 The hexapeptide angiotensin IV (Ang IV) is a metabolite of angiotensin II (Ang II) and plays a central role in the brain. It was reported more than two decades ago that intracerebroventricular injection of Ang IV improved memory and learning in the rat ...
Hanna Andersson, Mathias Hallberg
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Efficacy of different types of cognitive enhancers for patients with schizophrenia: a meta-analysis. [PDF]
NPJ Schizophr, 2018 Cognitive impairment is a core feature of schizophrenia, which is predictive for functional outcomes and is, therefore, a treatment target in itself. Yet, literature on efficacy of different pharmaco-therapeutic options is inconsistent. This quantitative
Sinkeviciute I +11 more
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Editorial: New Trends of Substance Abuse: Looking for New Psychotropic Effects of Chem Sex Drugs, Cognitive Enhancers, and New Psychoactive Substances [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020 Simona Pichini +4 more
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Cognitive enhancers - what we should know about them [PDF]
Farmacja Polska, 2021 Nootropics also called smart drugs, memory enhancers, neuroenhancers, cognitive enhancers, are a chemically and pharmacologically heterogeneous group of medicines and active sub-stances that improve mental functions such as memory, intelligence ...
Andrzej Stańczak, Wiesaława Lewgowd
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Psychostimulants as cognitive enhancers – the evidence for the use and abuse of smart drugs
Advances in Clinical Neuroscience & Rehabilitation, 2022 While modafinil is licensed to treat narcolepsy as a psychostimulant, there is widespread use as a “smart drug” in the young to help study and interest in older populations as a cognitive enhancer.
Poppy Goldsmith, Kirstie Anderson
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The Downsides of Cognitive Enhancement [PDF]
The Neuroscientist, 2020 Cognitive enhancement is becoming progressively popular as a subject of scientific investigation and by the public, although possible adverse effects are not sufficiently understood. We call for cognitive enhancement to build on more specific, mechanistic theories given that a-theoretical approaches to cognitive enhancement are both a cause and a ...
Colzato, Lorenza S. +2 more
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The Internet as Cognitive Enhancement [PDF]
Science and Engineering Ethics, 2020 Abstract The Internet has been identified in human enhancement scholarship as a powerful cognitive enhancement technology. It offers instant access to almost any type of information, along with the ability to share that information with others. The aim of this paper is to critically assess the enhancement potential of the Internet.
Cristina Voinea +3 more
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