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Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Therapeutic Uses > Central Nervous System Agents

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Central Nervous System Agents  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Central Nervous System Drugs

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics

Scope note

  • A class of drugs producing both physiological and psychological effects through a variety of mechanisms. They can be divided into "specific" agents, e.g., affecting an identifiable molecular mechanism unique to target cells bearing receptors for that agent, and "nonspecific" agents, those producing effects on different target cells and acting by diverse molecular mechanisms. Those with nonspecific mechanisms are generally further classed according to whether they produce behavioral depression or stimulation. Those with specific mechanisms are classed by locus of action or specific therapeutic use. (From Gilman AG, et al., Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 8th ed, p252)

History note

  • 79; was NON MESH before 1979

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002491

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