nootrópico 42
Term introduced by Romanian physician Corneliu Giurgea in 1972, taken from Greek nous, intelligence and tropes, direction, mode, way. In the words of Giurgea it is said of drugs that improve upper brain activity by increasing cognitive, mnesic and learning function. They are also used in brain insufficiency therapies such as retinopathies, Meniere's vertigo or memory disturbances.