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Dopamine and psychosis: theory, pathomechanisms and intermediate phenotypes.
Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews - 1 Apr 2010
Tost Heike, Alam Tajvar, Meyer-Lindenberg Andreas
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Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disorder arising from the adverse interaction of predisposing risk genes and environmental factors. The psychopathology is characterized by a wide array of disturbing cognitive, emotional, and behavioral symptoms that interfere with the individual's capacity to function in society. Contemporary pathophysiological models assume that psychotic symptoms are...
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