Neurotransmitter receptors in actions of antipsychotic medications
By: edited by Michael S. Lidow.
Contributors: Lidow, Michael S.
Series: Pharmacology and toxicology; Pharmacology & toxicology (Boca Raton, Fla.)
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Antipsychotic drugs -- Pharmacology.; Neurotransmitter receptors.; Schizophrenia -- Chemotherapy.; Antipsychotic Agents -- pharmacology.; Receptors, Neurotransmitter -- drug effects.; Schizophrenia -- drug therapy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Schizophrenic syndromes; title: Ch. 2. General overview of contemporary antipsychotic medications; title: Ch. 3. Effects of antipsychotic drugs on dopamine release and metabolism in the central nervous system; title: Ch. 4. Antipsychotic drugs, Dopamine D2 receptors, and schizophrenia; title: Ch. 5. D1 dopamine receptors, schizophrenia, and antipsychotic medications; title: Ch. 6. Serotonin receptors as targets of antipsychotic medications; title: Ch. 7. Role of adrenergic receptors in effects of antipsychotic medications on prefrontal cortical functions; title: Ch. 8. Glutamate receptors in schizophrenia and antipsychotic drugs; title: Ch. 9. The antipsychotic effects of sigma drugs; title: Ch. 10. GABAergic drugs in schizophrenia; title: Ch. 11. Receptor occupancy by antipsychotics; title: concepts and findings; title: Ch. 12. Regulation of neurotransmitter receptors by antipsychotic drugs; title: Ch. 13. Modulation of cellular signaling pathways by antipsychotic drugs; title: Ch. 14. The role of neurotransmitter receptors in the adversive effects of antipsychotic drugs; title: Ch. 15. Future perspectives in antipsychotic drug development.