CellWell record HH-47131
"Brain doping" substances: prohibited or not in sports?
Andrzej Pokrywka; Olga Surała; Konstancja Grabowska; Marta Przybyła; Dominika Granda; Andrzej Małecki; Raphael Faiss; Marta Nowacka-Chmielewska
2025
In plain language
This systematic review found only nine studies testing substances marketed as cognitive-enhancing brain doping for sports performance, concluding the term functions more as marketing than as a scientifically validated category.
- Evidence
- Emerging
- Design
- Systematic review
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