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The ventral tegmental area (VTA) in the ventral midbrain is the origin of the dopaminergic neurotransmission pathways. Although GABAA receptors and AKT-GSK3β signaling are involved in the pathophysiology of mental disorders and are modulated by ...
Shiyan Chen +3 more
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Introduction: Neuroinflammation in the central nervous system, particularly the prefrontal cortex (PFC), plays a role in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia, which has been found to be associated with maternal immune activation (MIA).
Yueqing Su +9 more
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Seventy Years of Antipsychotic Development: A Critical Review
Since the mid-1950s discovery of the first effective antipsychotic medications (APM), we have only been able to improve the tolerability but not the overall efficacy of currently available APMs, as reflected by effectiveness trials in Europe and the ...
Mujeeb U. Shad
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Comparison of Haloperidol and Quetiapine for Treatment of Delirium in Critical Illness: A Prospective Randomised Double-blind Placebo-controlled Trial [PDF]
Introduction: Delirium is associated with an increased chance of death, prolonged hospitalisation, higher healthcare costs, and possibly long-term brain damage in survivors.
Rishabah Garg +3 more
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Background and ObjectivesPatients taking opioids are at risk of developing dependence and possibly abuse. Given the role of the mesolimbic dopamine system in opioid reward, blocking dopamine D2 receptors should limit the abuse liability of opioid ...
Ameet S. Nagpal +8 more
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BackgroundMaintenance therapy of patients with primary psychosis spectrum disorders (PSD) in the Western Balkans has received limited interest so far.
Nadja P. Maric +11 more
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Physicians who treat patients with schizophrenia frequently encounter complex clinical situations not fully addressed by published treatment guidelines. Some of these situations lead to antipsychotic polypharmacy, often prescribed when clinical and social obstacles prevent access to clozapine and patients have had suboptimal responses to nonclozapine ...
Adriana, Foster, Jordanne, King
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Key Clinical Message In some patients, neuroleptic malignant syndrome is accompanied significant high levels of erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C‐reactive protein (CRP).
Forouzan Elyasi +5 more
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Adjunctive antidepressive pharmacotherapy in schizophrenia patients
Depressive symptoms during long-term course of schizophrenia constitute an important and frequent clinical problem. They may occur either as stand-alone major depressive episodes (MDEs) or as part of the schizophrenic negative syndrome.
M. Zink
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Comparison of droperidol and haloperidol for acute agitation in the emergency department: A retrospective cohort study [PDF]
Introduction To compare the effectiveness of droperidol and haloperidol for acute agitation in the emergency department. Methods Data from electronic health records were collected from January 1, 2022, to August 25, 2023, across 6 emergency departments ...
Francesca DiGuglielmo, PharmD +4 more
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