icNewcastle - Potions may hold hidden healing links: "Potions may hold hidden healing links
May 15 2006
By Jane Picken, The Evening Chronicle
From ginseng to glucose, there are thousands of substances we take for their supposed health properties. Professionals on Tyneside are working to come up with concrete evidence these potions actually work. Jane Picken has the details."
Nootrópicos (smartdrugs, drogas inteligentes, potenciadores cognitivos) son sustancias artificiales (medicamentos como piracetam, hydergina, citicolina, fosfatidilserina, vinpocetina, etc.) o naturales (suplementos nutricionales, vitaminas, aminoácidos, hormonas, hierbas, etc. como vitaminas B, piroglutamato, Gingko Biloba, fenilalanina, DHEA, pregnenolona, etc.) que se utilizan para mejorar la capacidad cognitiva (memoria, atención, etc.) en personas con trastornos o normales.
