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"Nootropic Agents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Drugs used to specifically facilitate learning or memory, particularly to prevent the cognitive deficits associated with dementias. These drugs act by a variety of mechanisms. While no potent nootropic drugs have yet been accepted for general use, several are being actively investigated.

Descriptor ID	D018697
MeSH Number(s)	D27.505.954.427.637
Concept/Terms	Nootropic Agents Nootropic Agents Agents, Nootropic Nootropics Cognitive Enhancers Enhancers, Cognitive Nootropic Drugs Drugs, Nootropic

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Nootropic Agents".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Chemical Actions and Uses [D27]
Pharmacologic Actions [D27.505]
Therapeutic Uses [D27.505.954]
Central Nervous System Agents [D27.505.954.427]
Nootropic Agents [D27.505.954.427.637]

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Bar chart showing 6 publications over 6 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 2004 and 2005 and 2013 and 2014 and 2015 and 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2004	1	0	1
2005	1	0	1
2013	0	1	1
2014	1	0	1
2015	0	1	1
2017	1	0	1

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Prakapenka AV, Hiroi R, Quihuis AM, Carson C, Patel S, Berns-Leone C, Fox C, Sirianni RW, Bimonte-Nelson HA. Contrasting effects of individual versus combined estrogen and progestogen regimens as working memory load increases in middle-aged ovariectomized rats: one plus one does not equal two. Neurobiol Aging. 2018 04; 64:1-14.

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Heneka MT, Carson MJ, El Khoury J, Landreth GE, Brosseron F, Feinstein DL, Jacobs AH, Wyss-Coray T, Vitorica J, Ransohoff RM, Herrup K, Frautschy SA, Finsen B, Brown GC, Verkhratsky A, Yamanaka K, Koistinaho J, Latz E, Halle A, Petzold GC, Town T, Morgan D, Shinohara ML, Perry VH, Holmes C, Bazan NG, Brooks DJ, Hunot S, Joseph B, Deigendesch N, Garaschuk O, Boddeke E, Dinarello CA, Breitner JC, Cole GM, Golenbock DT, Kummer MP. Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease. Lancet Neurol. 2015 Apr; 14(4):388-405.

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Loukavenko EA, Wolff M, Poirier GL, Dalrymple-Alford JC. Impaired spatial working memory after anterior thalamic lesions: recovery with cerebrolysin and enrichment. Brain Struct Funct. 2016 05; 221(4):1955-70.

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Molas S, Gener T, G?ell J, Mart?n M, Ballesteros-Y??ez I, Sanchez-Vives MV, Dierssen M. Hippocampal changes produced by overexpression of the human CHRNA5/A3/B4 gene cluster may underlie cognitive deficits rescued by nicotine in transgenic mice. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2014 Nov 11; 2:147.

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Siemers E, Dean RA, DeMattos RB, Hutton ML, Blennow K, Shaw LM, Holtzman DM. Anti-A? antibody target engagement: commentary regarding Watt et al. Acta Neuropathol 127:803-810 (2014). Acta Neuropathol. 2014 Oct; 128(4):609-10.

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Chapman RM, Porsteinsson AP, Gardner MN, Mapstone M, McCrary JW, Sandoval TC, Guillily MD, Reilly LA, DeGrush E. The impact of AD drug treatments on event-related potentials as markers of disease conversion. Curr Alzheimer Res. 2013 Sep; 10(7):732-41.

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Gasper MC, Ott BR, Lapane KL. Is donepezil therapy associated with reduced mortality in nursing home residents with dementia? Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2005 Mar; 3(1):1-7.

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Pedone C, Lapane KL, Mor V, Bernabei R. Donepezil use in US nursing homes. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2004 Feb; 16(1):60-7.

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