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Recall of learned information may rely on taking drug again

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Henry Greely and colleagues identify critical areas of public discussion about perceptions and use of drugs that are alleged or expected to improve cognition, in their Commentary 'Towards responsible use of cognitive-enhancing drugs by the healthy' (Nature 456, 702–705; 2008).

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  1. Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 3601 4th Street, STOP 6592, Lubbock, 79430, Texas, USA

    Alice M. Young

  2. Institut de Recherche Pierre Fabre, 3, rue des Satellites, BP 94244, 31432, Toulouse, Cedex 4, France

    Francis C. Colpaert

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