title: Nootropic drugs and aging.
abstract: Nootropics are drugs which ameliorate the functional "plasticity" of the central nervous system. The nootropic drug acts at the telencephalic level through a series of bioenergetic, hemorheological, microcirculatory and neurochemical mechanisms. As to this, recent data show a facilitation by piracetam, of the efficiency of the central cholinergic system.
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D002794:Choline / Q000494:pharmacology; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004924:Escape Reaction / Q000187:drug effects; D007858:Learning / Q000187:drug effects; D008568:Memory / Q000187:drug effects*; D010889:Piracetam / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011760:Pyrrolidinones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D011760:Pyrrolidinones; D002794:Choline; D010889:Piracetam