Sentences with phrase «psychostimulant drugs»

In humans, psychostimulant drugs such as amphetamines and cocaine increase dopamine secretions and are known to have anorexigenic effects [46].

Dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens is considered to be a key target for psychostimulant drugs.

Psychostimulant drugs such as Ritalin and Adderall, prescribed to treat attention - deficit hyperactivity disorder, and Aricept, used as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease, have been shown to improve concentration and recall in healthy people, too.

All study participants received a psychostimulant drug called OROS methylphenidate and their parents received behavioral parent training for nine weeks.

It also proved possible to compare the potency of desoxypipradrol with the psychostimulant drug cocaine in the brain slice preparation.

Not exact matches

«A better understanding of the brain region and cell type - specific binding targets of Hnrnph1 will tell us more about the function of this gene and possibly identify new therapeutic strategies for minimizing risk and treating psychostimulant addiction — a disorder for which there is currently no FDA - approved drug,» explained corresponding author Camron Bryant, PhD, assistant professor of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics & Psychiatry at BUSM.

«The real challenge is to tweak the addictive effect of drugs like nicotine or other psychostimulants without totally crushing the person's desire to pursue healthy behavior.»