title: The pharmacology of the nootropics; new insights and new questions.
abstract: Up to now, the memory-enhancing effect of the nootropics has chiefly been investigated in the context of effects on energy metabolism and on cholinergic and glutamatergic neurotransmission. Recent studies have also shown that the effect on memory is steroid-sensitive. The present review article summarizes the available results and discusses them in the context of a new hypothesis on the mechanism of action and with respect to clinical implications.
authors.affiliation: CIBA-GEIGY Limited, Pharmaceutical Research Division, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mondadori
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003704:Dementia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory / Q000187:drug effects*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs