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Abstract
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.
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- CNS Stimulant
- CNS Stimulants
- Central Nervous System Stimulant
- Central Stimulant
- Central Stimulants
- Stimulant, CNS
- Stimulant, Central
- Stimulants, CNS
- Stimulants, Central
- Analeptic
- Analeptic Agent
- Analeptic Agents
- Analeptic Drug
- Analeptic Drugs
- Analeptics
- Agent, Analeptic
- Agents, Analeptic
- Drug, Analeptic
- Drugs, Analeptic
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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95; was ANALEPTICS 1963-94; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS was see ANALEPTICS 1985-94
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- National Library of Medicine. Central Nervous System Stimulants. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000697. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000697
- Central Nervous System Stimulants. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimulant
- Central Nervous System Stimulants. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q211036