Central Nervous System Depressants
"Central Nervous System Depressants" 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.
A very loosely defined group of drugs that tend to reduce the activity of the central nervous system. The major groups included here are ethyl alcohol, anesthetics, hypnotics and sedatives, narcotics, and tranquilizing agents (antipsychotics and antianxiety agents).
| Descriptor ID |
D002492
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.696.277 D27.505.954.427.210
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Central Nervous System Depressants" by people in Profiles.
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Alcohol Effects on Colon Epithelium are Time-Dependent. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2019 09; 43(9):1898-1908.
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Predictors of alcohol responsiveness in dystonia. Neurology. 2018 11 20; 91(21):e2020-e2026.
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Induction of Osteoarthritis-like Pathologic Changes by Chronic Alcohol Consumption in an Experimental Mouse Model. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2015 Jun; 67(6):1678-80.
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Circadian rhythms, alcohol and gut interactions. Alcohol. 2015 Jun; 49(4):389-98.
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Delayed sleep phase disorder in youth. Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2013 Nov; 26(6):580-5.
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Circadian disruption: potential implications in inflammatory and metabolic diseases associated with alcohol. Alcohol Res. 2013; 35(1):87-96.
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Role of snail activation in alcohol-induced iNOS-mediated disruption of intestinal epithelial cell permeability. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2011 Sep; 35(9):1635-43.
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Intestinal dysbiosis: a possible mechanism of alcohol-induced endotoxemia and alcoholic steatohepatitis in rats. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2009 Oct; 33(10):1836-46.
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Chronic ethanol consumption impairs cellular immune responses against HCV NS5 protein due to dendritic cell dysfunction. Gastroenterology. 2007 Feb; 132(2):698-708.
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Exposure to ethanol induces oxidative damage in the pituitary gland. Alcohol. 2005 Feb; 35(2):91-101.