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Central Nervous System Depressants - Blood
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Definition of 'Central Nervous System Depressants'A very loosely defined group of drugs that tend to reduce the activity of the central nervous system. The major groups included here are ethyl alcohol, anesthetics, hypnotics and sedatives, narcotics, and tranquilizing agents (antipsychotics and antianxiety agents). Common names: Central Nervous System Depressants; CNS Depressants; Depressants, CNS |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
21 Jul 2009 
We employed in vivo microdialysis to characterize the effect of an ethanol challenge injection on endocannabinoid levels in the nucleus accumbens of ethanol-naïve and chronic ethanol-treated rats. Ethanol (0.75 and 2 g/kg, i.p.) dose-dependently ... Read more...
29 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Few epidemiological studies have investigated the problem of children and adolescents taken to hospital with acute alcohol intoxication. METHODS: We reviewed the medical records of children and adolescents aged
8 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Kisspeptins bind to the G-protein-coupled receptor (GPR54) to activate hypothalamic luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) secretion at the time of puberty. Alcohol (ALC) causes depressed prepubertal LHRH release, resulting in ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Central Nervous System Depressants - Blood'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Chronic ethanol treatment potentiates ethanol-induced increases in interstitial nucleus accumbens endocannabinoid levels in rats. 21 Jul 2009
- Alcohol intoxication requiring hospital admission in children and adolescents: retrospective analysis at the University Children's Hospital in the Slovak Republic. 29 Jun 2009
- Short-term alcohol administration alters KiSS-1 gene expression in the reproductive hypothalamus of prepubertal female rats. 8 Jun 2009
- Acute alcohol tolerance on subjective intoxication and simulated driving performance in binge drinkers. 30 May 2009
- Deletion of agouti-related protein blunts ethanol self-administration and binge-like drinking in mice. 30 May 2009
- Intoxication is not always visible: an unrecognized prevention challenge.
26 May 2009 - Global impairment of prospective memory following acute alcohol. 12 May 2009
- Early ethanol exposure in mice increases laterality of rotational side preference in the free-swimming test. 4 May 2009
- The acute effect of low-dose alcohol on working memory during mental arithmetic: I. Behavioral measures and EEG theta band spectral characteristics. May 2009
- Ignition of a human body by a modest external source: a case report. 29 Apr 2009
- Alcohol selectively reduces anxiety but not fear: startle response during unpredictable versus predictable threat. 29 Apr 2009
- Road traffic suicides. 29 Apr 2009
- Age and gender differences in blood-alcohol concentration in apprehended drivers in relation to the amounts of alcohol consumed. 22 Apr 2009
- Lability of neuronal lineage decisions is revealed by acute exposures to ethanol. 15 Apr 2009
- Repeated ethanol exposure affects the acquisition of spatial memory in adolescent female rats. 3 Apr 2009
- Blood ethanol concentrations are less stable than serum or plasma upon storage because of oxyhemoglobin-mediated oxidation of ethanol to acetaldehyde. 30 Mar 2009
- Social interactions and 50 kHz ultrasonic vocalizations in adolescent and adult rats. 26 Mar 2009
- Low-alcohol beers: contribution to blood-ethanol concentration and its elevation above the UK legal limit after 'topping-up'. 23 Mar 2009
- Ethanol-induced social facilitation in adolescent rats: role of endogenous activity at mu opioid receptors. 17 Mar 2009
- Effect of acute ethanol administration on the release of opioid peptides from the midbrain including the ventral tegmental area. 17 Mar 2009
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Technical information about 'Central Nervous System Depressants'
Definition: A very loosely defined group of drugs that tend to reduce the activity of the central nervous system. The major groups included here are ethyl alcohol, anesthetics, hypnotics and sedatives, narcotics, and tranquilizing agents (antipsychotics and antianxiety agents).
Registry Number: 0
Descriptor UI: D002492
Alternative terms: Central Nervous System Depressants; CNS Depressants; Depressants, CNS;
Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage; adverse effects; analysis; antagonists & inhibitors; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemical synthesis; classification; diagnostic use; economics; history; immunology; isolation & purification; metabolism; pharmacokinetics; pharmacology; poisoning; radiation effects; standards; supply & distribution; therapeutic use; toxicity; urine; chemistry; contraindications; agonists;
Tree Number: D27.505.696.277; D27.505.954.427.210;
Online Note: consider also CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM /DE + DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL or BRAIN /DE + DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL
History Note: 79; was NON MESH before 1979
Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified; prefer specific groups or specific drugs; consider also CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM /drug eff or BRAIN /drug eff; DF: CNS DEPRESS