Drug being used to improve cognition affects dopamine, suggesting potential for abuse
Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 13:21
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 18 March issue of JAMA...