Psychotomimetic drug

...However, other symptoms may occur to a lesser extent. Generally, drugs that act on the brain (hypnotics, alcohol, etc.) have the property of causing behavioral abnormalities even at sub-toxic doses, and are often accompanied by dizziness and trembling hands, but drugs that specifically cause mental abnormalities without causing confusion or disorientation to time and place are called psychotomimetic drugs. One type of these, psychedelic drugs, are commonly called hallucinogenic (inducing) drugs. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "psychotomimetic drug" is listed below.

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…しかし多少ともそれ以外の症状を伴う。一般に脳に働く薬(催眠薬，アルコールなど)は中毒量以下でも行動異常を起こす性質をもっており，ふらつき，手の震えなどを伴うことが多いが，意識混濁とか，時間･場所などの見当づけが狂うことなしに特異的に精神異常を現す薬を精神異常発現薬psychotomimetic drugと呼ぶ。このなかの一種である精神展開薬psychedelic drugを俗に幻覚(発現)薬と称する。…

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