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Preferred term

Wakefulness-Promoting Agents  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A specific category of drugs that prevent sleepiness by specifically targeting sleep-mechanisms in the brain. They are used to treat DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE such as NARCOLEPSY. Note that this drug category does not include broadly-acting central nervous system stimulants such as AMPHETAMINES.

Entry terms

  • Eugeroic Drugs
  • Wake-Promoting Agents
  • Wake-Promoting Drug
  • Wake-Promoting Drugs
  • Wake-Promoting Substances

In other languages

  • French

  • Agents de maintien de l'éveil
  • Agents promoteurs de l'état de veille
  • Eugeroic drugs
  • Médicaments promoteurs de l'éveil
  • Substances promotrices de l'éveil

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-CX09TCKR-W

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