Nicoracetam
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Nicoracetam is a nootropic
Nootropic
Nootropics , also referred to as smart drugs, brain steroids, memory enhancers, cognitive enhancers, and intelligence enhancers, are drugs, supplements, nutraceuticals, and functional foods that improve mental functions such as cognition, memory, intelligence, motivation, attention, and concentration...

 drug from the racetam family. It shares some structural similarities with aniracetam
Aniracetam
Aniracetam is an ampakine and nootropic of the racetam chemical class purported to be considerably more potent than piracetam. It is lipid-soluble and has possible cognition-enhancing effects. It has been tested in animals extensively, Alzheimer's patients, and temporarily-impaired healthy subjects...

, but differs mostly in that it has a pyridine ring in place of aniracetam's benzene ring.

There are currently no published studies of its effects in animals.
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