Central Nervous System Depressants
"Central Nervous System Depressants" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A very loosely defined group of drugs that tend to reduce the activity of the central nervous system. The major groups included here are ethyl alcohol, anesthetics, hypnotics and sedatives, narcotics, and tranquilizing agents (antipsychotics and antianxiety agents).
| Descriptor ID |
D002492
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.696.277 D27.505.954.427.210
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Central Nervous System Depressants" by people in Profiles.
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Subjective Responses to Alcohol in the Development and Maintenance of Alcohol Use Disorder. Am J Psychiatry. 2021 06; 178(6):560-571.
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Stability of acute responses to drugs in humans across repeated testing: Findings with alcohol and amphetamine. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 07 01; 212:107989.
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Endocannabinoid contributions to alcohol habits and motivation: Relevance to treatment. Addict Biol. 2020 05; 25(3):e12768.
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Acute calming effects of alcohol are associated with disruption of the salience network. Addict Biol. 2018 05; 23(3):921-930.
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Effect of alcohol dose on deliberate self-harm in men and women. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2017 Sep; 85(9):854-861.
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Dependence-induced increase of alcohol self-administration and compulsive drinking mediated by the histone methyltransferase PRDM2. Mol Psychiatry. 2017 Dec; 22(12):1746-1758.
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Tolerance to Ethanol or Nicotine Results in Increased Ethanol Self-Administration and Long-Term Depression in the Dorsolateral Striatum. eNeuro. 2016 Jul-Aug; 3(4).
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Ethanol-Induced Motor Impairment Mediated by Inhibition of a7 Nicotinic Receptors. J Neurosci. 2016 07 20; 36(29):7768-78.
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Ethanol Disinhibits Dorsolateral Striatal Medium Spiny Neurons Through Activation of A Presynaptic Delta Opioid Receptor. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2016 06; 41(7):1831-40.
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Interactions between ethanol and the endocannabinoid system at GABAergic synapses on basolateral amygdala principal neurons. Alcohol. 2015 Dec; 49(8):781-94.