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Socio-anthropologie, 2021 This article aims at questioning the promise of cognitive optimization based on the promotion of substances classified as “nootropics”. This paper focuses on the circulation of this promise and the products that support it, as well as on contemporary ...
Félix Denis
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Smart drugs and neuroenhancement: what do we know?
Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark, 2021 Introduction: Smart drugs are among the most common drugs used by students. It is estimated that they are second in incidence after cannabis. Although they are usually used for diseases such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and dementia,
Massimiliano Esposito +7 more
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Smart drugs: implications for general practice. [PDF]
Br J Gen Pract, 2017 The familiar landscape of substance misuse in the UK is changing. Recently a briefing in the BJGP highlighted two newer misuse scenarios: legal highs and ‘chemsex’.1 Another new misuse scenario generally escapes the attention of health professionals and others because it does not fit our concept of the term ‘recreational drugs’, since motivation for ...
Nicholson PJ, Wilson N.
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The Dark Side of “Smart Drugs”: Cognitive Enhancement vs. Clinical Concerns [PDF]
ToxicsThe European Union Drugs Agency has emphasized the increasing difficulty in monitoring the drug market due to the emergence of new psychoactive substances, often marketed as legal highs.
Mariarosaria Ingegneri +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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Smart drugs "as common as coffee": media hype about neuroenhancement. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 BackgroundThe use of prescription drugs to improve cognitive functioning in normal persons--neuroenhancement"--has gained recent attention from bioethicists and neuroscientists.
Bradley J Partridge +4 more
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Effects of Smart Drugs on Cholinergic System and Non-Neuronal Acetylcholine in the Mouse Hippocampus: Histopathological Approach [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022 Kazuhiko Nakadate, Nakadate Kazuhiko
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Smart polymers for the controlled delivery of drugs – a concise overview
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2014 Smart polymers have enormous potential in various applications. In particular, smart polymeric drug delivery systems have been explored as “intelligent” delivery systems able to release, at the appropriate time and site of action, entrapped drugs in ...
Honey Priya James +3 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 The so-called neurorights are emerging human rights, or rather reconfigurations of already existing human rights, seeking to address the impact of the possible misuse of neurotechnologies, which have the potential to become more invasive and harmful in ...
María Isabel Cornejo-Plaza +1 more
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Canadian Journal of Bioethics, 2021 Psychopharmacological cognitive enhancements could lead to a higher quality of life of healthy individuals with lower cognitive capacities, but the current regulatory framework does not seem to enable access to this group.
Astrid Maria Elfferich
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