Attention - Drug effects
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

[Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and road traffic - special considerations for the treatment of adolescents with ADHD]

30 Aug 2009 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is not only a childhood disorder but symptoms persist into adolescence and adulthood in approximately one third of the patients. Especially inattention and poor concentration impair driving performance ... Read more...

Are psychostimulants a treatment option in mania?

30 Aug 2009 Mania and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) show a high degree of symptom overlap and comorbidity. Clinical trials and case reports indicate that psychostimulants do not or only rarely trigger or aggravate manic episodes but can even ... Read more...

Executive function and attention are preserved in older surgically menopausal monkeys receiving estrogen or estrogen plus progesterone.

17 Aug 2009 Animal models of menopause have been used to further define the cognitive processes that respond to hormone therapy and to investigate parameters that may influence the cognitive effects of estrogen. Many investigations in animals have focused on ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Attention - Drug effects'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and road traffic - special considerations for the treatment of adolescents with ADHD] 30 Aug 2009
• Are psychostimulants a treatment option in mania? 30 Aug 2009
• Executive function and attention are preserved in older surgically menopausal monkeys receiving estrogen or estrogen plus progesterone. 17 Aug 2009
• The effect of a carbohydrate-caffeine sports drink on simulated golf performance. 30 Jul 2009
• Stimulant treatment reduces lapses in attention among children with ADHD: the effects of methylphenidate on intra-individual response time distributions. 30 Jul 2009
• Attentional bias is associated with incentive-related physiological and subjective measures. 30 Jul 2009
• Selective alpha7 nicotinic receptor activation by AZD0328 enhances cortical dopamine release and improves learning and attentional processes. 14 Jul 2009
• Sustained attention in patients receiving and abstinent following methadone maintenance treatment for opiate dependence: performance and neuroimaging results. 13 Jul 2009
• Erythropoietin improves operant conditioning and stability of cognitive performance in mice. 6 Jul 2009
• Downregulation of oligodendrocyte transcripts is associated with impaired prefrontal cortex function in rats. 29 Jun 2009
• [Neuro-enhancement. Brain doping] 29 Jun 2009
• [Neuro-enhancement from an addiction specialist's viewpoint] 29 Jun 2009
• Nonmedical use of prescription opioids and stimulants among student pharmacists. 29 Jun 2009
• Reduced attentional scope in cocaine polydrug users. 23 Jun 2009
• The effect of modafinil on cognitive function in breast cancer survivors. 13 Jun 2009
• Preattentional processes and disorganization in schizophrenia: Influence of a 6-week risperidone treatment. 11 Jun 2009
• Persistent deficits in heart rate response habituation following neonatal binge ethanol exposure. 8 Jun 2009
• Preclinical pharmacology of the alpha4beta2 nAChR partial agonist varenicline related to effects on reward, mood and cognition. 4 Jun 2009
• The influence of priming and pre-existing knowledge of chemotherapy-associated cognitive complaints on the reporting of such complaints in breast cancer patients. 30 May 2009
• Use of Noben (idebenone) in the treatment of dementia and memory impairments without dementia. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Attention'

Definition: Focusing on certain aspects of current experience to the exclusion of others. It is the act of heeding or taking notice or concentrating.

Descriptor UI: D001288

Alternative terms: Attention; Attentions; Concentration; Concentrations;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: F02.830.104.214;