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Schizophrenia severity and clozapine treatment outcome association with oxytocinergic genes.
The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Jul 2010
Souza Renan P, de Luca Vincenzo, Meltzer Herbert Y, Lieberman Jeffrey A, Kennedy James L
Abstract excerpt
Antipsychotic drugs are the best means available for symptomatically treating individuals suffering from schizophrenia; however, there is a significant variability in clinical response to these psychotropic medications. Previous findings connect oxytocin (OXT) with schizophrenia and antipsychotic action. Therefore, we evaluated if OXT and OXT receptor (OXTR) genes might play a role in the symptom severity and...
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