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Generating genius: how an Alzheimer’s drug became considered a ‘cognitive enhancer’ for healthy individuals

BACKGROUND: Donepezil, an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor used in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, has been widely cited in media and bioethics literature on cognitive enhancement (CE) as having the potential to improve the cognitive ability of healthy individuals. In both literatures, this clai...

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Autores principales: Wade, Lucie, Forlini, Cynthia, Racine, Eric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4063424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885270
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6939-15-37