Encyclopedia: Stimulant
Stimulant drugs are drugs that temporarily increase alertness and awareness. They usually have increased side-effects with increased effectiveness, and the more powerful variants are therefore often prescription medicines or illegal drugs. Stimulants increase the activity of either the sympathetic nervous system, the central nervous system or both. Some stimulants produce a sense of euphoria, in particular the stimulants which exert influence on the CNS. Stimulants are used therapeutically to increase...
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A cluster of nerve cell bodies outside the central nervous system is referred to as...
a. cranial nerve b. nucleus c. association area d. ganglion e. none of the above --which muscle group contracts when...
a. cranial nerve b. nucleus c. association area d. ganglion e. none of the above --which muscle group contracts when...
d. ganglion f. quadriceps e. inhibit transmission of nerve signals by the neuron c. an action potential will not occur
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What does "routes of intake" mean?
What's the routes of intake in marijuana? What's the routes of intake in Opioids? What's the routes...
What's the routes of intake in marijuana? What's the routes of intake in Opioids? What's the routes...
Maybe intake through the lungs , the blood., the skin you ask to much question . good luck
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than one drug. The largest number of positive findings (9.5%) was for Central Nervous System stimulants, such as methamphetamine, amphetamine, phentermine, ephedrine/pseudoephedrine, and cocaine
Apr 11, 2007
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Ritalin and ADHD Alert!!!!
If your like me and suffer from ADHD beware of central nervous system stimulants such as Ritalin If your like me and suffer from ADHD beware of central nervous system stimulants such as Ritalin...
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Antwerp's drug thead
other central nervous system stimulants. If you don't redose, combine with other drugs and keep an eye . The first 4 hours can (in some way) be compared to a light dose of mdma. After that the stimulant
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Can you make totaly immersive virtual reality with electric stimulation...
Can I? No, I most definately can't. But based on our current knowledge of how the CNS works, I guess it's hypothetically possible. As cool as that would be, I suspect we've oversimplified the workings...
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If clams don't have a central nervous system, do they...
Mollusks (including clams) have a central nervous system, even a primitive brain: "In the nervous system typical of mollusks, a pair of cerebral ganglia (masses of nerve cell bodies) innervate the head, mouth, and associated...
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