Narcolepsy Drug Being Used to Improve Cognitive Performance Affects Brain Dopamine Activity
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 15:28
in Psychology & Sociology
Preliminary research in healthy men suggests that the narcolepsy drug modafinil, increasingly being used to enhance cognitive abilities, affects the activity of dopamine in the brain in a way that may create the potential for abuse and dependence, according to a study in the March 18 issue of JAMA.