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Preferred term

Central Nervous System Stimulants  

Type

  • 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.

Entry terms

  • Central Nervous System Stimulant
  • Central Stimulant
  • Central Stimulants
  • CNS Stimulant
  • CNS Stimulants

In other languages

  • French

  • Agents stimulants du SNC
  • Agents stimulants du système nerveux central
  • Médicaments stimulants du SNC
  • Médicaments stimulants du système nerveux central
  • Stimulants du SNC

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-G36QLBD8-4

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