Journal article
Psychosis pathways converge via D2High dopamine receptors
Abstract
The objective of this review is to identify a target or biomarker of altered neurochemical sensitivity that is common to the many animal models of human psychoses associated with street drugs, brain injury, steroid use, birth injury, and gene alterations. Psychosis in humans can be caused by amphetamine, phencyclidine, steroids, ethanol, and brain lesions such as hippocampal, cortical, and entorhinal lesions. Strikingly, all of these drugs and …
Authors
Seeman P; Schwarz J; Chen J; Szechtman H; Perreault M; McKnight GS; Roder JC; Quirion R; Boksa P; Srivastava LK
Journal
Synapse, Vol. 60, No. 4, pp. 319–346
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
September 15, 2006
DOI
10.1002/syn.20303
ISSN
0887-4476