Antipsychotics and brain changes
Antipsychotic drugs may cause some of the brain abnormalities noted in patients suffering from schizophrenia.
References:
Gur, R.E., et al. 1998. Subcortical MRI volumes in neuroleptic-naive and treated patients with schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry 155(December):1711.
Further Readings:
1994. Imaging clues to schizophrenia. Science News 146(Oct. 29):284.
Sources:
Raquel E. Gur
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Neuropsychiatry Section
10th Floor, Gates Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 25 & 26, December 19 & 26, 1998, p. 397. Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.
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