AMPA modulators might ameliorate memory deficits that occur in dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, AMPA receptor mediated excitotoxicity may occur with excessive AMPA receptor activation which occurs in seizures or ischaemia and positive
(ISBN 0 9627418 7 6) Sceptics about nootropics ("smart drugs") are unwitting victims of the so-called Panglossian paradigm of evolution. They believe that our cognitive architecture has been so fine-honed by natural selection that any tinkering with su
Beyond resisting the destruction & degeneration of the brain there looms also the possibility of regeneration & perhaps even augmentation. The "Smart Drug Movement" implies that this is possible -- and possible now. Here I review the subject of "Smart Dru
Though descriptive, "smart drugs" is a somewhat unfortunate phrase, smacking of snake oil and panaceas, and sounding about as scientific as Roger Ramjet's proton pills, or Popeye's spinach. If you've had such thoughts upon hearing the term smart drugs, so
Ground-breaking new research is showing just what happens to the brain during a psychotic episode, and how this can lead to violence, even murder...Researchers have found that people with a history of violence - whether psychotic or psychopathic - have a