nootropics

Nootropics are used to improve memory, concentration, thought, mood, learning, and many other things.

Some of the questions raised regarding the use of nootropics include:

Some called the drugs and electrical devices involved in this process nootropics, a word which Sax read as "acting upon mind."

This may include the use of nootropics and/or cybernetic devices for recording biometric data.

Other studies have looked at improving intelligence and preventing cognitive decline by using cognition enhancing substances known as nootropics.

Many students may be inclined to use nootropics for school and college life for exams and finals.

Although not nootropics from the standpoint of cognitive enhancement, adaptogens are plants that help the body adapt to stress.

Because of Noopept's potency, the recommended dose is small relative to other racetam nootropics.

Nootropics are cognitive enhancers that are neuroprotective or extremely nontoxic.

Antidepressants, psychostimulants, nootropics, and Anti-dementia drugs are all psychoanaleptics.

Pharmacology of nootropics and metabolically active compounds in relation to their use in dementia.

Some authors, especially in the transhumanist movement, have suggested the use of "smart drugs", also known as nootropics, as "motivation-enhancers".

Nootropics with proven or purported benefits:

List of nootropics (smart drugs)

Nootropics are by definition cognitive enhancers, but a cognitive enhancer is not necessarily a nootropic.

Nootropics, also commonly referred to as "smart drugs", are drugs that are claimed to improve human cognitive abilities.

Nootropics (Cognitive enhancers and smart drugs)

Other substances sometimes classified as nootropics include mexidol, hydergine, noopept, selank, semax and bifemelane.

Polyphenols are listed as nootropics purported to improve mental functions such as cognition, memory, intelligence, motivation, attention and concentration.

Cholinergic nootropics include acetylcholine precursors and cofactors, and acetylcholinesterase inhibitors:

Some nootropics are now beginning to be used to treat certain diseases such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Parkinson's disease, and Alzheimer's disease.

Academic doping is the off-label use of a class of drugs called "nootropics" by people for the purposes of improving cognitive ability or academic success.

It is also effectively combined with other nootropics, primarily Piracetam; in such combination each drug potentiates the other in boosting brain oxygen supply.

For example, dozens of sites sell nootropics, also called "smart drugs," like Piracetam, Vasopressin and Hydergine, which are substances said to improve cognitive abilities.

Dr. Corneliu E. Giurgea originally coined the word nootropics for brain-enhancing drugs with very few side-effects.