Stimulators of brain activity - truth or fiction?

In the near future on the market, stimulants of brain activity will start to act. They improve concentration of attention, memory. Vitamins for brain activity have one important advantage - there are no side effects when they are used.

Scientists of the Academy of Medical Sciences are developing safe drugs that have a positive effect on the work of the brain. Tablets for brain activity can be introduced into the treatment of such diseases and their consequences, such as schizophrenia, strokes, dementia, attention deficit disorder, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and so on.

These drugs are called cognition enhancers, as they stimulate cognitive abilities. The mode of their action is very simple and consists in the regulation of the ratio of neurotransmitters in the central nervous system, which are responsible for the thought processes and operations, their speed.

Stimulators of brain activity are quite in demand in the modern world, as approximately 20% of the world's population works at night. And this mode of operation negatively affects brain activity, which was confirmed by American scientists. There is an opinion that only one night without sleep can disrupt the normal functioning of the brain, concentration and attention are lost.

Many drugs can not pass through the blood-brain barrier, and, accordingly, can not change the processes occurring in the brain. However, these drugs can easily pass through this obstacle.

Stimulators of cerebral activity after they become available for sale will be in high demand, since they are already "unauthorized" by different categories of citizens, for example, "Methylphenidate" or "Modafilin" is used. These drugs really stimulate the cognitive abilities of healthy people.

In one of the interviews of the journal Nature (the leading scientific journal), the editors asked their readers, who, basically, are workers of scientific organizations. In the course of the survey, it was found out that out of 1,400 respondents, every fifth respondent used stimulants of brain activity without medical indications: Methylphenidate (62%), Modafilin (44%) or beta blockers (they can suppress anxiety, thereby stimulating , Brain activity).

Neurotransmitters in the central nervous system include glutamate. Medications - ampakines increase the duration of action of endogenous glutamate, thus facilitating memorization. Based on ampakines, drugs are being developed that are designed to treat Alzheimer's disease in old age. Some of them are already undergoing clinical trials.

Characteristic for these substances is that they do not increase blood pressure, heart rate, do not cause "ecstasy", and, therefore, do not cause drug addiction, unlike amphetamines or caffeine.

Paradoxically, "D-cycloserine," which also enhances the action of endogenous glutamate, does not stimulate memory, but erases memories. This is due to the fact that the processes of memorization and forgetting are very similar in their physiological nature.

"D-cycloserine" interacts with the glutamate receptors, which causes a partial stimulation of forgetting, and the transmission of information about the already existing neuronal associations is suppressed. This allows you to overcome phobias, anxiety, drug addiction.
Thus, stimulators of brain activity in the near future will become a sphere of large business. Despite the development of these drugs for the treatment of diseases, they will be used and healthy people.