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Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Therapeutic Uses > Central Nervous System Agents > Central Nervous System Depressants
Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Central Nervous System Depressants

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Central Nervous System Depressants  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • CNS Depressants
  • Depressants, CNS

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics

Scope note

  • 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).

History note

  • 79; was NON MESH before 1979

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002492

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