1 online resource (viii, 128 pages) : color illustrations
Contents
""Book Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Genetics of schizophrenia""; ""3 Neurotransmitters in schizophrenia""; ""4 The role of dopamine in the etiology and pathophysiology of schizophrenia""; ""5 The role of dopamine in the phenomenology of schizophrenia""; ""6 The role of D2 receptors in the action of antipsychotic drugs""; ""7 Amisulpride: a selective dopaminergic agent and atypical antipsychotic""; ""8 Conclusions and perspectives""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Summary
This pocketbook provides a summary of research on the role of dopamine in the cause and clinical presentation of schizophrenia for the busy clinician. The book also explains the mechanism of action of anti-psychotic drugs, and in particular, the anti-psychotic effects of dopamine receptor modulation
Notes
"A Martin Dunitz book."
"Prepared by the publishers from the recent symposium proceedings entitled Dopamine in the Pathophysiology and Treatment of Schizophrenia, edited by S. Kapur and Y. Lecrubier (Martin Dunitz, 2003)"--Preface
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-121) and index
