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1. Introduction
2. Noradrenergic system in mania
3. Symptoms of mania
4. Psychopatology of mania
5. Drugs used in the treatment of mania
6. Drugs used in the treatment of mania - lithium
7. Pharmacological activity of lithium
8. Dopaminergic pathways in the normal brain
9. Dopaminergic pathways in schizoprenia
10. Glutamatergic system in normal brain
11. Contribution to pathology of schizophrenia
12. Glutamatergic system in schizoprenic brain
13. Factors involved in the cause of schizoprenia
14. Positive symptoms of schizophrenia
15. Negative symptoms of schizophrenia
16. Biochemical basis of schizophrenia
17. Drugs used in the treatment of schizoprenia
18. First generation of antipsychotic drugs
19. Second generation of antipsychotic drugs

Topics Covered

• Noradrenergic pathways in mania
• Drugs used in the treatment of mania
• Dopaminergic pathways in normal brain and in schizophrenia
• Glutamatergic pathways in normal brain and in schizophrenia

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Series:

• Psychopharmacogenetics

Categories:

• Neuroscience
• Pharmaceutical Sciences

Therapeutic Areas:

• Neurology

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Publication History

• Published on October 1, 2007

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Brian Leonard has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.