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In Search of Madness: Schizophrenia and Neuroscience

R. Walter Heinrichs

Print publication date: 2001

Print ISBN-13: 9780195122190

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2009

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195122190.001.0001

Neurochemical Tempest

Chapter:
(p. 150 ) 6 NEUROCHEMICAL TEMPEST
Source:
In Search of Madness
Author(s):

R. Walter Heinrichs

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195122190.003.0006

This chapter focuses on what may be the most widely acknowledged scientific fact about schizophrenia: most patients' symptoms improve in response to dopamine-blocking antipsychotic medication. It describes the elements of neurochemistry implicated in schizophrenia with particular attention to dopamine, serotonin, and glutamate.

Keywords:   schizophrenia, symptoms, medication, dopamine, serotonin, glutamate

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