And attention deficit disorder

With respect to the dopamine Dj-hke receptors, including the dopamine receptor, which is ten times more sensitive to dopamine and has a much more narrow tissue expression than the dopamine Dj receptor, few studies have found evidence of coding variants associated with a disease state (41,42). Untranslated promoter SNPs, however, have been associated with various disease states (60). These studies, while equivocal, suggest association with bipolar disorder, alcohohsm, and attention-deficit disorder to name a few (60-65). 

D. Attention deficit-hyperkinetic disorder and attention deficit disorder are among only a few approved uses of the psychomotor stimulants of the amphetamine type. 

These numbers appear in C. Malacrida, Cold Comfort Mothers, Professionals, and Attention Deficit Disorder (Toronto University of Toronto Press, 2003), p. 25. 

Dillon, D.C., Salzman, I.J., and Schulsinger, D.A. (1985). The use of imipramine in Tourette s syndrome and attention deficit disorder case report. / Clin Psychiatry 46 348—349. 

Specker, S. M., G. A. Carlson, G. A. Chistenson, and M. Marcotte. 1995. "Impulse Control Disorders and Attention Deficit Disorder in Pathological Gamblers. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry 7 175-79. 

AmiShsEfteypitesiare scheduled drugs which have a definite therapeutic use in the treatment of narcolepsy and attention deficit disorder (ADD) in children. Ritalin , Dexedrine and, to a lesser extent, Cylert are used in the treatment of ADD. It is believed that ADD is caused by a deficiency of brain NE and DA which normally help a child to focus his or her attention on... 

Until the 1970s, methamphetamines were used for a variety of medical conditions in the United States. However, with the growing abuse of these powerful drugs, the federal government imposed strict controls on their usage and prescription. Currently, the use of methamphetamines in medicine are restricted for only a few types of medical conditions, including weight reduction for obese patients, narcolepsy, and attention-deficit disorder (ADD). 

Norepinephrine is used pharmacologically for its ability to cause peripheral vasoconstriction and increase blood pressure, which is useful to stem the effects of large drops in blood pressure as can occur in trauma or shock. Drugs affecting norepinephrine release and/or reuptake also have significant CNS utility, including the treatment of depression and attention deficit disorder. 

Mirtazapine, modafinil, atomoxetine (add A/ith caution and at lower doses since bupropion could theoretically raise atomoxetine levels) both for residual symptoms of depression and attention deficit disorder... 

Noradrenergic reuptake inhibitors such as desipramine can be used as a second-line treatment for smoking cessation, cocaine dependence, and attention deficit disorder... 

Methylphenidate is a potent CNS. stimulant. Indication-include narcolcp.sy and attention-deficit disorder. The stnic-ture of the (2R.2 R) isomer of the threo racemic mixture a shown. 

Tricyclic antidepressants represent a class of drugs widely prescribed for the treatment of endogenous depression and neuralgic pain, migraine headache, enuresis, and attention deficit disorder (see Chapter 33). Tricyclic antidepressants include imipramine, amitriptyline, and their N-... 

In various brain areas neuronal histamine release and synthesis is regulated presynaptically by histamine H3 receptors [1]. Recent studies revestl that H3 receptors not only act as autoreceptors to regulate the release euid synthesis of histamine [2, 3], but also modulate the release of other neurotransmitters, like acetylcholine [4], serotonin [5], dopamine [6] and noradrenaline [7]. In view of these widespread modulatory activities of the histamine H3 receptors, important roles for this receptor subtype in the various mammalian brain functions have been indicated [8, 9]. Consequently, selective ligands for the H3 receptor have been suggested to be benificial in the treatment of e.g. epilepsia, Alzheimer disease, sleeping and attention-deficit disorders [10, 11,12, 13, 14, 15,16],... 

One of the cheapest and best studied is methylphenidate (marketed as Ritalin, Concerta, Daytrana, Metadate, and Methylin). Most primary care physicians are familiar with methylphenidate and know what to watch out for as they have been prescribing it for decades to treat narcolepsy and attention deficit disorder. So, if you and your physician do decide that prescription stimulants are right for you, methylphenidate would probably be a good first choice. It would... 

Lead poisoning causes serious neuropsychologic damage in children, characterized by reduced intelligence, learning disabilities, aberrant behavior, brain dysfunction, hyperkinesis, and attention deficit disorder there is also evidence of regression and loss of acquired behaviors and skills. 

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