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Central Nervous System Agents

Known as: centrally acting drugs, central medication nervous system, central medications nervous system 
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 AgentsAntitussive AgentsCentral Nervous System DepressantsCentral Nervous System Stimulants
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Drug utilisation pattern and off-label use of medicines in Estonian neonatal units
ObjectivesTo characterise neonatal hospital drug use and to compare the availability of drug information between Estonian… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Regional and cellular distribution of CYP2E1 in monkey brain and its induction by chronic nicotine
Review
1996
Review
1996
Ectoenzymes as sites of peptide regulation.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Antidepressant and other centrally acting drugs regulate glucocorticoid receptor messenger RNA levels in rat brain
Review
1986
Review
1986
Benzodiazepine/barbiturate/GABA receptor-chloride ionophore complex in a genetic model for generalized epilepsy.
The inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) acts through postsynaptic receptor sites which regulate membrane… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Effect of antihypertensive agents on lipid metabolism.
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
A PHARMACOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF SYNTHETIC SUBSTANCE P ON THE ISOLATED GUINEA‐PIG ILEUM
1. The pharmacological properties of synthetic substance P have been studied on the guinea‐pig ileum and compared with those of… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
TAURINE UPTAKE IN SYNAPTOSOMAL FRACTIONS OF RAT CEREBRAL CORTEX 1
Abstract— [35S]Taurine was found to be accumulated in synaptosomal fractions of rat cerebral cortex. Kinetic analysis in the… 
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.
In rats anesthetized with pentobarbital, increments in corticosterone concentration were elicited upon electrical stimulation… 
Review
1970
Review
1970
Putative neurotransmitters in the brain: selective neuronal uptake, subcellular localization, and interactions with centrally acting drugs.
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