Clozapina, tomografía por emisión de fotones únicos y la hipótesis de bloqueo del receptor de dopamina D2 de la

L S Pilowsky1, D C Costa, P J Ell

  • 1Department of Neuroscience and Psychiatric Genetics, Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, London, UK.

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La hipótesis de la dopamina de la esquizofrenia sugiere que el bloqueo del receptor D2 es clave para los fármacos antipsicóticos. Este estudio encontró que los antipsicóticos atípicos como la clozapina mejoran los síntomas de la esquizofrenia con menos bloqueo D2 que los medicamentos típicos.

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