Recurring memories of a traumatic event are a fundamental feature of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and underlie many aspects of its clinical manifestation, including intrusive thoughts, ...

Control-related cognitive processes such as rule selection are associated with cortical oscillations in the theta, alpha and, beta ranges, and modulated by catecholamine neurotransmission. Thus, a ...

Modafinil, often sold under the name 'Provigil', is a wakefulness-promoting drug used to treat excessive sleeping in conditions such as narcolepsy and obstructive sleep apnea. However, some also use ...

June 12, 2008 (Chicago, Illinois) — A drug used to treat narcolepsy might have another use, researchers say, in the treatment of cancer-related fatigue. Modafinil, sold by Cephalon under the brand ...

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Modalert, a popular brand of the nootropic drug modafinil, has gained significant recognition for its ability to promote wakefulness and enhance cognitive function. If you’re interested in where to ...

“When I was young, students would use drugs to check out. Now they’re using them to check in,” says Annan Chatterjee, a professor of neurology at the University of Pennsylvania who has long studied ...

The drugs modafinil and methylphenidate have been shown to significantly improve the performance of chess players, though there are also some negative effects.

The narcolepsy drugs modafinil (Provigil) and armodafinil (Nuvigil) were both associated with major congenital malformations, a post-marketing report showed. Of 102 prospective live births in the U.S.