TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Stimulant use in sports
JO  - American journal on addictions
A1  - Jones, A. R.
A1  - Pichot, J. T.
SP  - 243
EP  - 255
VL  - 7
IS  - 4
N2  - The authors provide an overview of the topic of stimulant use in psychiatric sports medicine. They address the following areas: 1) the history of stimulant use in sports; 2) recent events related to the use of stimulants in sports, including a new stimulant used at the 1996 Olympic competition in Atlanta, GA; 3) ergogenic or ergolytic (i.e., performance-impairing) potential of several major categories of stimulants, including amphetamines, beta2 agonists, caffeine, and cocaine; 4) review of how the brain reward circuit is affected by stimulants; 5) individual factors that induce athletes to utilize stimulants; and 6) sports organizational factors that induce athletes to use stimulants.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1055-0496
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -