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Stimulants (also
known as
central nervous system stimulants, or
psychostimulants, or
colloquially as uppers) are a
class of
drugs that
increase alertness...
- incentive-salience.
Drugs that
increase synaptic dopamine concentrations include psychostimulants such as
methamphetamine and cocaine.
These produce increases in "wanting"...
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neuroplasticity or
behavioral plasticity Type of
reinforcer Sources Opiates Psychostimulants High fat or
sugar food ****ual
intercourse Physical exercise (aerobic)...
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procognitive actions of
psychostimulants are only ****ociated with low
doses ... cognition-enhancing
effects of
psychostimulants involve the preferential...
- for
psychostimulant addiction is
generally unsatisfactory. As
previously discussed,
cessation of
cocaine use and the use of
other psychostimulants in dependent...
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including the
psychostimulants,
affect glial activity, and
glial activity, in turn, has been
found to
modulate the
effects of the
psychostimulants Loftis JM...
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interaction between natural and drug
rewards suggests that
dopaminergic psychostimulants (e.g., amphetamine) and ****ual
behavior act on
similar biomolecular...
- for
psychostimulant addiction is
generally unsatisfactory. As
previously discussed,
cessation of
cocaine use and the use of
other psychostimulants in dependent...
-
first antidepressant. In
clinical studies in the 1970s and 1980s,
psychostimulants,
including amphetamine and methylphenidate, were
found to transiently...
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psychiatric medications like antidepressants, antipsychotics, and
psychostimulants. This has
included selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)...
