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Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Central Nervous System Stimulants > Wakefulness-Promoting Agents
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Preferred term

Wakefulness-Promoting Agents  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Agents, Wake-Promoting
  • Drugs, Eugeroic
  • Drugs, Wake-Promoting
  • Drug, Wake-Promoting
  • Eugeroic Drugs
  • Substances, Wake-Promoting
  • Wake Promoting Agents
  • Wake-Promoting Agents
  • Wake Promoting Drug
  • Wake-Promoting Drug
  • Wake Promoting Drugs
  • Wake-Promoting Drugs
  • Wake Promoting Substances
  • Wake-Promoting Substances

Scope note

  • A specific category of drugs that prevent sleepiness by specifically targeting sleep-mechanisms in the brain. They are used to treat DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE such as NARCOLEPSY. Note that this drug category does not include broadly-acting central nervous system stimulants such as AMPHETAMINES.

History note

  • 2014

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D064690

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