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Central Nervous System Drugs CNS Affecting Drugs CNS Agent centrally acting drugs Central nervous system agent CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MEDICATIONS CNS drug SECTION 6 CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS |
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A class of drugs producing both physiological and psychological effects through a variety of mechanisms. They can be divided into 'specific' agents, e.g., affecting an identifiable molecular mechanism unique to target cells bearing receptors for that agent, and 'nonspecific' agents, those producing effects on different target cells and acting by diverse molecular mechanisms. Those with nonspecific mechanisms are generally further classed according to whether they produce behavioral depression or (source : MSH) |
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Central Nervous System Drugs CNS Affecting Drugs CNS Agent centrally acting drugs Central nervous system agent CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MEDICATIONS CNS drug SECTION 6 CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS |
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A class of drugs producing both physiological and psychological effects through a variety of mechanisms. They can be divided into 'specific' agents, e.g., affecting an identifiable molecular mechanism unique to target cells bearing receptors for that agent, and 'nonspecific' agents, those producing effects on different target cells and acting by diverse molecular mechanisms. Those with nonspecific mechanisms are generally further classed according to whether they produce behavioral depression or (source : MSH) |
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