Novel Antischizophrenia Treatments

Novel Antischizophrenia Treatments edited by Mark A. Geyer, Gerhard Gross.

This volume tries to put current therapy - achievements, shortcomings, remaining medical needs - and emerging new targets into the context of increasing knowledge regarding the genetic and neurodevelopmental contributions to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Some of the chapters also deal with r...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Geyer, Mark A. (Editor), Gross, Gerhard (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edition:1st ed. 2012.
Series:Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, 213
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Pharmacology.
Pharmacy.
Psychopharmacology.
Biological psychology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Clinical instruments to evaluate and guide treatment in schizophrenia
  • Cognitive deficits in schizophrenia- Muscarinic mechanisms in psychotic disorders
  • Nicotinic mechanisms in psychotic disorders
  • GABAergic circuits in schizophrenia: targets for new treatments in schizophrenia
  • Inhibitors of glycine transport as potential new treatments in schizophrenia
  • The role of glutamate in schizophrenia
  • Metabotropic glutamate receptors as targets for new treatments in schizophrenia
  • 5-HT2C agonism as a principle for new treatments in schizophrenia.- The role of dopamine D3 receptors for antipsychotic activity and cognitive functions
  • Phosphodiesterase inhibitors as potential new treatments in schizophrenia
  • Disease modifying approaches to schizophrenia
  • A novel therapeutic strategy: medication-enhancement of cognitive therapies in schizophrenia
  • Transgenic animals reflecting aspects of schizophrenia
  • Behavioral animal models of pro-cognitive treatments for schizophrenia. .

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