ReviewPsychopharmacology2013
The neurobiology of modafinil as an enhancer of cognitive performance and a potential treatment for substance use disorders.
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72 citing papers in PubMed, 146 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of the monoamine stabilizer (-)OSU6162 on cognitive function in alcohol dependence.Psychopharmacology · 2020Trial
- Dopamine Transporter Correlates and Occupancy by Modafinil in Cocaine-Dependent Patients: A Controlled Study With High-Resolution PET and [(11)C]-PE2I.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2016Trial
- A two-phased screening paradigm for evaluating candidate medications for cocaine cessation or relapse prevention: modafinil, levodopa-carbidopa, naltrexone.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2014Trial
- Cognitive gene enhancements and the capitalist meritocracy.BMC medical ethics · 2026Article
- The Issue of "Smart Drugs" on the Example of Modafinil: Toxicological Analysis of Evidences and Biological Samples.Journal of xenobiotics · 2025Article
- Ginkgo Biloba as a niche theme cognitive enhancer agent, 1420 dokumen of Scopus database. A bibliometric study from 1988 to 2024.F1000Research · 2025Article
- Functional neuroanatomy of dopaminergic arousal systems: implications for the wake-promoting effect of psychostimulants, with particular reference to modafinil.Frontiers in neuroanatomy · 2025Review
- Stable interindividual differences in modafinil's effect on vigilance during sleep deprivation.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- Contrasting the reinforcing effects of the novel dopamine transport inhibitors JJC8-088 and JJC8-091 in monkeys: Potential translation to medication assisted treatment.The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics · 2025Article
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- Effects of chronic stress on cognitive function - From neurobiology to intervention.Neurobiology of stress · 2024Review
- Series of (([1,1'-Biphenyl]-2-yl)methyl)sulfinylalkyl Alicyclic Amines as Novel and High Affinity Atypical Dopamine Transporter Inhibitors with Reduced hERG Activity.ACS pharmacology & translational science · 2024Article
- Modifications to 1-(4-(2-Bis(4-fluorophenyl)methyl)sulfinyl)alkyl Alicyclic Amines That Improve Metabolic Stability and Retain an Atypical DAT Inhibitor Profile.Journal of medicinal chemistry · 2024Article
- Modafinil, an atypical CNS stimulant?Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.) · 2024Article
- The Atypical Dopamine Transporter Inhibitor CE-158 Enhances Dopamine Neurotransmission in the Prefrontal Cortex of Male Rats: A Behavioral, Electrophysiological, and Microdialysis Study.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2023Article
- Are There Prevalent Sex Differences in Psychostimulant Use Disorder? A Focus on the Potential Therapeutic Efficacy of Atypical Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The Effects of the Dopamine Transporter Ligands JJC8-088 and JJC8-091 on Cocaine versus Food Choice in Rhesus Monkeys.The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics · 2023Article
- A Novel and Selective Dopamine Transporter Inhibitor,Biomolecules · 2022Article
- Modafinil Administration to Preadolescent Rat Impairs Non-Selective Attention, Frontal Cortex DInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
RATIONALE AND
objectivesModafinil (MOD) and its R-enantiomer (R-MOD) are approved medications for narcolepsy and other sleep disorders. They have also been used, off-label, as cognitive enhancers in populations of patients with mental disorders, including substance abusers that demonstrate impaired cognitive function. A debated nonmedical use of MOD in healthy individuals to improve intellectual performance is raising questions about its potential abuse liability in this population. RESULTS AND
conclusionsMOD has low micromolar affinity for the dopamine transporter (DAT). Inhibition of dopamine (DA) reuptake via the DAT explains the enhancement of DA levels in several brain areas, an effect shared with psychostimulants like cocaine, methylphenidate, and the amphetamines. However, its neurochemical effects and anatomical pattern of brain area activation differ from typical psychostimulants and are consistent with its beneficial effects on cognitive performance processes such as attention, learning, and memory. At variance with typical psychostimulants, MOD shows very low, if any, abuse liability, in spite of its use as a cognitive enhancer by otherwise healthy individuals. Finally, recent clinical studies have focused on the potential use of MOD as a medication for treatment of drug abuse, but have not shown consistent outcomes. However, positive trends in several result measures suggest that medications that improve cognitive function, like MOD or R-MOD, may be beneficial for the treatment of substance use disorders in certain patient populations.
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