A real‐world survey of the diagnostic journey, current treatment, and burden of mild cognitive impairment or dementia due to Alzheimer's disease in China [PDF]
Abstract Background We aimed to describe the diagnostic journey, current treatment, caregiving needs, and burden of patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia in China. Method Data were drawn from the Adelphi Real World AD Disease Specific Programme™, a cross‐sectional survey of neurologists and their patients ...
Xin J +7 more
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Establishing Natural Nootropics: Recent Molecular Enhancement Influenced by Natural Nootropic [PDF]
Nootropics or smart drugs are well‐known compounds or supplements that enhance the cognitive performance. They work by increasing the mental function such as memory, creativity, motivation, and attention. Recent researches were focused on establishing a new potential nootropic derived from synthetic and natural products.
Noor Azuin Suliman +5 more
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Value-Added Products from Ethanol Fermentation—A Review
Global demand for renewable and sustainable energy is increasing, and one of the most common biofuels is ethanol. Most ethanol is produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast) fermentation of either crops rich in sucrose (e.g., sugar cane and sugar beet ...
Timothy J. Tse +4 more
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The value of information service for the rational use of nootropics in preferential drug provision
The rational prescription of medicines with preferential drugs provision, including nootropics, which are widely used in patients receiving pharmacotherapy under the «Program for Providing Certain Categories of Citizens with Necessary Drugs», is possible
E. V. Eliseeva +3 more
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Health and social problems associated with recent Novel Psychoactive Substance (NPS) use amongst marginalised, nightlife and online users in six European countries. [PDF]
Continued diversification and use of new psychoactive substances (NPS) across Europe remains a public health challenge. The study describes health and social consequences of recent NPS use as reported in a survey of marginalised, nightlife and online NPS
A Bourne +83 more
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The first of the most successfully implemented nootropic drugs in medical practice is piracetam, which should be attributed to cyclic derivatives of gamma-aminobutyric acid.
I. P. Kodonidi +2 more
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Cognitive Enhancement: Treating or Cheating? [PDF]
In this article I provide an overview of the moral and medical questions surrounding the use of cognitive enhancers. This discussion will be framed in light of 4 key considerations: (1) is there a difference between therapy and enhancement?
Whetstine, Leslie M.
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Cerebroprotective prevention of memory disorders using sodium valproate
Epilepsy is the disease resulting in impaired cognitive function. The paper deals with the use of nootropics against the background of an anticonvulsant effect.
A. V. Ivanov
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16S rRNA gene profiling and genome reconstruction reveal community metabolic interactions and prebiotic potential of medicinal herbs used in neurodegenerative disease and as nootropics. [PDF]
The prebiotic potential of nervine herbal medicines has been scarcely studied. We therefore used anaerobic human fecal cultivation to investigate whether medicinal herbs commonly used as treatment in neurological health and disease in Ayurveda and other ...
Albayrak, Levent +10 more
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Pharmacological Human Enhancement: An Overview of the Looming Bioethical and Regulatory Challenges
Cognitive enhancement, a rather broad-ranging principle, can be achieved in various ways: healthy eating and consistent physical exercise can lead to long-term improvements in many cognitive domains; commonplace stimulants such as caffeine, on the other ...
Giovanna Ricci
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