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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| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 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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Bennett DS, Mohamed FB, Carmody DP, Malik M, Faro SH, Lewis M. Prenatal tobacco exposure predicts differential brain function during working memory in early adolescence: a preliminary investigation. Brain Imaging Behav. 2013 Mar; 7(1):49-59.
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Eisenman LM. Ethanol and vestibular stimulation reveal simple and complex aspects of cerebellar heterogeneity. Cerebellum. 2011 Sep; 10(3):475-83.
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Jedema HP, Carter MD, Dugan BP, Gurnsey K, Olsen AS, Bradberry CW. The acute impact of ethanol on cognitive performance in rhesus macaques. Cereb Cortex. 2011 Aug; 21(8):1783-91.
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Arzumnayan A, Arzumanyan A, Anni H, Rubin R, Rubin E. Effects of ethanol on mouse embryonic stem cells. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2009 Dec; 33(12):2172-9.
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Mitchell PO, Jensen JS, Ritzenthaler JD, Roman J, Pelaez A, Guidot DM. Alcohol primes the airway for increased interleukin-13 signaling. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2009 Mar; 33(3):505-13.
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Brown LA, Ritzenthaler JD, Guidot DM, Roman J. Alveolar type II cells from ethanol-fed rats produce a fibronectin-enriched extracellular matrix that promotes monocyte activation. Alcohol. 2007 Aug; 41(5):317-24.
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Hajnóczky G, Buzas CJ, Pacher P, Hoek JB, Rubin E. Alcohol and mitochondria in cardiac apoptosis: mechanisms and visualization. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2005 May; 29(5):693-701.
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Roman J, Ritzenthaler JD, Bechara R, Brown LA, Guidot D. Ethanol stimulates the expression of fibronectin in lung fibroblasts via kinase-dependent signals that activate CREB. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2005 May; 288(5):L975-87.
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Eisenman LM, Scott Donovan H. The ventral uvula of the mouse cerebellum: a neural target of ethanol and vestibular stimuli. Brain Res. 2004 Dec 3; 1028(2):243-8.
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Patkar AA, Marsden CA, Naik PC, Kendall DA, Gopalakrishnan R, Vergare MJ, Weinstein SP. Differences in peripheral noradrenergic function among actively drinking and abstinent alcohol-dependent individuals. Am J Addict. 2004 May-Jun; 13(3):225-35.