Central Nervous System Stimulants - History
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

History of neonatal resuscitation. Part 2: oxygen and other drugs.

10 Sep 2008 Oxygen was used in neonatal resuscitation from 1780, within 5 years of its detection. It rapidly gained general acceptance and infiltrated delivery rooms and, a century later, neonatal special care units. After 217 years without scientific evidence, ... Read more...

Potential adverse effects of amphetamine treatment on brain and behavior: a review.

10 Aug 2008 Amphetamine stimulants have been used medically since early in the twentieth century, but they have a high abuse potential and can be neurotoxic. Although they have long been used effectively to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) ... Read more...

Suffer the restless children: the evolution of ADHD and paediatric stimulant use, 1900-80.

29 Nov 2007 This article traces the historical evolution of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and the controversial use of stimulants as a treatment for children diagnosed with the disorder in North America. While the children in question have ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Central Nervous System Stimulants - History'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Brain gain: the underground world of neuroenhancing drugs. 25 Apr 2009
• History of neonatal resuscitation. Part 2: oxygen and other drugs. 10 Sep 2008
• Potential adverse effects of amphetamine treatment on brain and behavior: a review. 10 Aug 2008
• Suffer the restless children: the evolution of ADHD and paediatric stimulant use, 1900-80. 29 Nov 2007
• Commentary with a historical perspective by a child psychiatrist: when "ADHD" was the "brain-damaged child". 30 May 2007
• [Fritz hauschild (1908-1974) and drug research in the 'German Democratic Republic' (GDR)] 30 May 2005
• The toxic torch of the modern Olympic Games. 27 Feb 2003
• Continuing implications of the early evidence against the drive-reduction hypothesis of the behavioral effects of drugs. 27 Aug 2002
• [Ecstasy] 29 Jul 2000
• History of the methamphetamine problem. 30 Mar 2000
• Asthma among the famous. Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) American author. 30 Aug 1998
• Analeptic use in clinical toxicology: a historical appraisal. 30 Dec 1996
• Treatment plan for acute and chronic adrenergic poisoning crisis utilizing sympatholytic effects of the B1-B2 receptor site blocker propranolol (Inderal) in concert with diazepam and urine acidification. 30 Dec 1978
• [History of pharmacological doping in sports] 4 Jun 1977

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Technical information about 'Central Nervous System Stimulants'

Definition: A loosely defined group of drugs that tend to increase behavioral alertness, agitation, or excitation. They work by a variety of mechanisms, but usually not by direct excitation of neurons. The many drugs that have such actions as side effects to their main therapeutic use are not included here.

Registry Number: 0

Descriptor UI: D000697

Alternative terms: Central Nervous System Stimulants; Central Stimulants; Stimulants, Central; Analeptics; Analeptic Drugs; Drugs, Analeptic; Analeptic Agents; Agents, Analeptic;

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: D27.505.696.282; D27.505.954.427.220;

Online Note: use CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS to search ANALEPTICS 1966-94

History Note: 95; was ANALEPTICS 1963-94; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS was see ANALEPTICS 1985-94

Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics; consider also CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM /drug eff & BRAIN /drug eff; DF: CNS STIMULANTS