Stimulant use in sports.
The authors provide an overview of the topic of stimulant use in psychiatric sports medicine. They address the following areas: 1) the history of stimulant use in sports; 2) recent events related to the use of stimulants in sports, including a new stimulant used at the 1996 Olympic competition in Atlanta, GA; 3) ergogenic or ergolytic (i.e., performance-impairing) potential of several major categories of stimulants, including amphetamines, beta2 agonists, caffeine, and cocaine; 4) review of how the brain reward circuit is affected by stimulants; 5) individual factors that induce athletes to utilize stimulants; and 6) sports organizational factors that induce athletes to use stimulants.
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Audie L Murphy VA Hospital, San Antonio, Texas, USA. pichot@connecti.com
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D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D011640:Public Policy; D013177:Sports; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014342:Truth Disclosure
D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants