NROSCI 0081 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Ginkgo Biloba, Piracetam, Psychoactive Drug
Document Summary
Nootropics: you have the capacity to use 100% of your brain, 10% thing is a myth that has been propagated by the media (ex. Limitless; lucy: people are tryi(cid:374)g to push the li(cid:373)its of their (cid:272)og(cid:374)itive fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374), (cid:271)ut they(cid:859)re already usi(cid:374)g. 100: nootropics: drugs and supplements purported to enhance cognitive function in healthy individuals, many are drugs already used for medical and therapeutic purposes, the ethics of drug use strictly for their nootropic properties, ex. Electroconvulsive shock, hypoxia: they should protect the brain against various physical or chemical injuries (ex. Barbiturates, scopolamine: they should increase the efficacy of the tonic cortical/subcortical control mechanism, they should lack the usual pharmacology of other psychotropic drugs (ex. Sedation, motor stimulation, and possess very few side effects and extremely low toxicity: basically he described them as miracle brain drugs, 1990s energy drinks with nootropics (ex. Red bull: 1994 - modafinil, prevalence and use.
