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Does AD(H)D increase the risk of (drug induced) psychosis?
I read that patients with ADD can exhibit a hypersensitivity of dopamine in the mesolimbic area and a hyposensitivity of dopamine in the prefrontal cortex which makes them more susceptible to ...
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Would it be possible to directly block dopamine release in the mesolimbic area?
Thinking about the treatment of (drug induced) psychosis I'm having the following thoughts.
Drug induced psychosis makes up for 25% - 50% of cases of patients experiencing psychosis . Nevertheless ...
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Why do antipsychotics bind to D2-like instead of D1-like receptors?
My understanding is that:
The dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia states that the positive symptoms are a result of excessive neurotransmission of dopamine in the mesolimbic pathway.
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