Medical Definition of Central nervous system agents

1. A class of drugs producing both physiological and psychological effects through a variety of mechanisms. They can be divided into "specific" agents, e.g., affecting an identifiable molecular mechanism unique to target cells bearing receptors for that agent, and "non-specific" agents, those producing effects on different target cells and acting by diverse molecular mechanisms. Those with non-specific mechanisms are generally further classed according to whether they produce behavioural depression or stimulation. Those with specific mechanisms are classed by locus of action or specific therapeutic use. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Central Nervous System Agents

central implantation
central incisor
central inhibition
central lacteal
central lateral nucleus of thalamus
central limit theorem
central line
central lobule
central lobule of cerebellum
central location test
central locking
central mesenteric lymph nodes
central metal ion
central necrosis
central nervous system
central nervous system agents (current term)
central nervous system depressants
central nervous system infections
central nervous system neoplasms
central nervous system stimulants
central nervous systems
central neuritis
central obesity
central office
central ossifying fibroma
central osteitis
central palmar space
central paralysis
central pit
central placenta previa

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