r/NooTopics

: "You don't know anything about Nootropics, until you've read this."

: "Vitamin D Potentiates Amphetamine-induced Dopamine Release in Healthy Humans: A PET brain scan study - PubMed (2024)"

: "Piracetam was originally synthesized in 1964 by scientists working to develop a sleep-aid by modifying GABA so that it could cross the blood-brain barrier. Their “failure” led to the discovery of a molecule so unique, that to describe it, the creation of an entirely new class was needed: Nootropics."

: "Ten months of exercise treated Depression at rates phenomenally higher than SSRI's. Patients in the exercise group even had a fantastically lower rate of relapse after stopping their exercise routine."

: "Chronic Caffeine alters the density of adenosine, adrenergic, cholinergic, GABA, and serotonin receptors and calcium channels in mouse brain"

: "GB-115: A New Era in Anxiety and Cognitive Enhancement (Shareable infographic)"

: "Adhd: Methylphenidate(AKA Ritalin, Concerta) causes permanent downregulation of the GABAminergic system in those treated with the drug under 16. 2017 Study."

: "Post-opioid REM rebound won’t go away. Still exhausted from sleep 1.5 years later. Any Supplements or resets that could help?"

: "Study finds that even Moderate Alcohol consumption may increase brain damage, potentially through iron overload (2022)"

: "MIT Chemistry students had their Sleep mointored. Quality of Sleep accounted for 25% of the variance in grades! And what matters is Sleep the week/month before the exam, not the night of the exam itself."