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Central Nervous System Agents
Known as:
centrally acting drugs
, central medication nervous system
, central medications nervous system
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A class of drugs producing both physiological and psychological effects through a variety of mechanisms. They can be divided into "specific" agents…
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Antidepressive Agents
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Central Nervous System Depressants
Central Nervous System Stimulants
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agonists
antagonists & inhibitors
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Pharmaceutical Preparations
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Drug utilisation pattern and off-label use of medicines in Estonian neonatal units
J. Lass
,
Ruth Käär
,
Kaarin Jõgi
,
H. Varendi
,
T. Metsvaht
,
I. Lutsar
European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
2011
Corpus ID: 6387445
ObjectivesTo characterise neonatal hospital drug use and to compare the availability of drug information between Estonian…
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Regional and cellular distribution of CYP2E1 in monkey brain and its induction by chronic nicotine
Meenal M. Joshi
,
R. Tyndale
Neuropharmacology
2006
Corpus ID: 23383843
Review
1996
Review
1996
Ectoenzymes as sites of peptide regulation.
C. Konkoy
,
T. Davis
TIPS - Trends in Pharmacological Sciences
1996
Corpus ID: 40251985
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Antidepressant and other centrally acting drugs regulate glucocorticoid receptor messenger RNA levels in rat brain
A. Peiffer
,
Sylvie Veilleux
,
N. Barden
Psychoneuroendocrinology
1991
Corpus ID: 43798108
Review
1986
Review
1986
Benzodiazepine/barbiturate/GABA receptor-chloride ionophore complex in a genetic model for generalized epilepsy.
R. Olsen
,
J. Wamsley
,
R. Lee
,
P. Lomax
Advances in neurology
1986
Corpus ID: 23367100
The inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) acts through postsynaptic receptor sites which regulate membrane…
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Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Effect of antihypertensive agents on lipid metabolism.
R. Cutler
American Journal of Cardiology
1983
Corpus ID: 43248673
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
A PHARMACOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF SYNTHETIC SUBSTANCE P ON THE ISOLATED GUINEA‐PIG ILEUM
R. Bury
,
M. Mashford
Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and…
1977
Corpus ID: 31350182
1. The pharmacological properties of synthetic substance P have been studied on the guinea‐pig ileum and compared with those of…
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Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
TAURINE UPTAKE IN SYNAPTOSOMAL FRACTIONS OF RAT CEREBRAL CORTEX 1
R. Schmid
,
W. Sieghart
,
M. Karobath
Journal of Neurochemistry
1975
Corpus ID: 33009853
Abstract— [35S]Taurine was found to be accumulated in synaptosomal fractions of rat cerebral cortex. Kinetic analysis in the…
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Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
A comparison of the pituitary adrenal activity elicited by electrical stimulation of preoptic, amygdaloid and hypothalamic sites in the rat brain.
E. Redgate
,
E. E. Fahringer
Neuroendocrinology
1973
Corpus ID: 46759354
In rats anesthetized with pentobarbital, increments in corticosterone concentration were elicited upon electrical stimulation…
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Review
1970
Review
1970
Putative neurotransmitters in the brain: selective neuronal uptake, subcellular localization, and interactions with centrally acting drugs.
S. Snyder
Biological Psychiatry
1970
Corpus ID: 46458541
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