Stimulants rescue cognition and brain functional architecture if you didn’t sleep enough … short term: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Is it possible that this is a true rescue, or is it just a temporary cover up and there will be a price to pay … maybe decades later? Asking for a friend.
Prescription stimulants such as methylphenidate are being used by an increasing portion of the population, primarily children. These potent norepinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibitors promote wake...
The arousal-related differences in connectivity associated with stimulants were so strong that they completely negated brain differences related to not getting enough sleep!
