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Modafinil

莫達非尼

Mechanism of action:

Modafinil 是一種二苯甲基亞磺醯胺乙醯胺(diphenylmethylsulfinylacetamide)衍生物。Modafinil 的確切機轉尚未完全明瞭,但已知 modafinil 會阻斷多巴胺轉運蛋白(dopamine transporter),使突觸間隙多巴胺濃度上升;也能增加藍斑核(locus coeruleus)的正腎上腺素(norepinephrine)活性。

​Reference(s):

1. Lindsay SE et al. (2006). Use of modafinil for the treatment of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Ann Pharmacother. 


2. Ishizuka T et al. (2003). Modafinil increases histamine release in the anterior hypothalamus of rats. Neurosci Lett.

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