Focus on Cognitive Enhancement: A Narrative Overview of Nootropics and “Smart Drug” Use and Misuse [PDF]
BiologyWhilst “nootropics” are meant to treat a range of medical disorder-related cognitive impairments, the typically healthy “smart drugs” user ingests a range of drugs/molecules to achieve improved mental performance.
Amira Guirguis +2 more
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Synthesis, Neuroprotective Effect and Physicochemical Studies of Novel Peptide and Nootropic Analogues of Alzheimer Disease Drug [PDF]
Pharmaceuticals, 2022 Glutamate is an excitatory neurotransmitter in the nervous system. Excessive glutamate transmission can lead to increased calcium ion expression, related to increased neurotoxicity.
Radoslav Chayrov +7 more
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Effect of a Plant-Based Nootropic Supplement on Perceptual Decision-Making and Brain Network Interdependencies: A Randomised, Double-Blinded, and Placebo-Controlled Study [PDF]
Brain SciencesBackground: Natural nootropic compounds are evidenced to restore brain function in clinical and older populations and are purported to enhance cognitive abilities in healthy cohorts.
David O’Reilly +3 more
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Current clinical trends in developing strategies for dementia disorders and the role of Korean Red Ginseng [PDF]
Journal of Ginseng ResearchRecently, the development of the FDA approved monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) targeting amyloid proteins, such as aducanumab, lecanemab, and donanemab, etc.
Manho Kim
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Positioning of nootropics in the national market
Aktualʹnì Pitannâ Farmacevtičnoï ì Medičnoï Nauki ta Praktiki, 2018 Peptides of vasopressin stimulating the processes of study and memory are situated between the most perspective nootropics. The aim of work is forming an informational file about medicines with nootropic action and determination of the actuality and ...
Al Nukari Abdulkarim +2 more
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Purchasing “Nootropics” Online: Identification and Quantification of Ingredients in Phenibut-Containing Products [PDF]
MedicinaBackground and Objectives: Phenibut is a central nervous system drug that is registered and used in clinical practice as a prescription medication. In recent decades, the drug has become popular as a “nootropic and cognition enhancer” because of its ...
Toms Upmanis +6 more
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Nootropics as Cognitive Enhancers: Types, Dosage and Side Effects of Smart Drugs [PDF]
Nutrients, 2022 Matej Malik, Pavel Tlustos
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Nootropics with potential to (re)build neuroarchitecture
Neural Regeneration Research, 2016 Development of effective treatments for neurodegenerative disorders is a clinical conundrum that has puzzled many researchers. Currently available drugs target symptomatic relief rather than suppressing, ceasing or repairing the devastating neural damages. For Alzheimer's disease, two classes of procognitive compounds are approved as a treatment.
Kyoko Koshibu
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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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Smart drugs are as a dangerous model of psychoactive substance use [PDF]
Современная зарубежная психология, 2021 When examining the factors of the use of psychoactive substances (PAS) by young people, recreational consumption has traditionally been studied. The second well-known causal model to examine psychoactive substances was its interpretation as a way of ...
Rychkova O.V.
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