Concept information
Preferred term
Central Nervous System Stimulants
Type
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mesh:Descriptor
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.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Central Nervous System Stimulant
- Central Stimulant
- Central Stimulants
- CNS Stimulant
- CNS Stimulants
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- administration & dosage (Qualifier)
- adverse effects (Qualifier)
- agonists (Qualifier)
- analysis (Qualifier)
- antagonists & inhibitors (Qualifier)
- blood (Qualifier)
- cerebrospinal fluid (Qualifier)
- chemical synthesis (Qualifier)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- economics (Qualifier)
- history (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- isolation & purification (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- pharmacokinetics (Qualifier)
- pharmacology (Qualifier)
- poisoning (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- standards (Qualifier)
- supply & distribution (Qualifier)
- therapeutic use (Qualifier)
- toxicity (Qualifier)
- urine (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Agents stimulants du SNC
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Agents stimulants du système nerveux central
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Médicaments stimulants du SNC
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Médicaments stimulants du système nerveux central
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Stimulants du SNC
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-G36QLBD8-4
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