Central Nervous System Depressants
"Central Nervous System Depressants" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A very loosely defined group of drugs that tend to reduce the activity of the central nervous system. The major groups included here are ethyl alcohol, anesthetics, hypnotics and sedatives, narcotics, and tranquilizing agents (antipsychotics and antianxiety agents).
| Descriptor ID |
D002492
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.696.277 D27.505.954.427.210
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Central Nervous System Depressants" by people in Profiles.
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Effect of ethanol on Munc13-1 C1 in Membrane: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2020 07; 44(7):1344-1355.
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Binge ethanol effects on prefrontal cortex neurons, spatial working memory and task-induced neuronal activation in male and female rats. Physiol Behav. 2018 05 01; 188:79-85.
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Female Sprague-Dawley rats display greater appetitive and consummatory responses to alcohol. Behav Brain Res. 2017 06 01; 327:155-161.
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The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha agonist fenofibrate attenuates alcohol self-administration in rats. Neuropharmacology. 2017 04; 116:364-370.
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Binge alcohol alters exercise-driven neuroplasticity. Neuroscience. 2017 02 20; 343:165-173.
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The pre-synaptic Munc13-1 binds alcohol and modulates alcohol self-administration in Drosophila. J Neurochem. 2013 Sep; 126(6):715-26.
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Exercise neuroprotection in a rat model of binge alcohol consumption. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2010 Mar 01; 34(3):404-14.