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Volume 6, suplement 2

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Etiopathogenic factors in schizophrenia – therapeutic implications

Janusz Rybakowski1
1. Kliniki Psychiatrii Dorosłych AM w Poznaniu
Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 1997, 6, suplement 2 (5), 77-84
Keywords: schizophrenia, dopamine hypothesis, serotonin hypothesis, neurodevelopmental hypothesis, novel neuroleptics

Abstract

Recent research findings concerning the pathogenesis of schizophrenia are presented, with a special emphasis on hypotheses dealing with impairment of dopamine and serotonin neurotransmission in the CNS, as well as with the effect of various factors affecting development of the brain. In this context the role of novel drugs in the treatment of schizophrenia is discussed. (ed.)

Address for correspondence:
Janusz Rybakowski,
Klinika Psychiatrii Dorosłych AM,
ul. Szpitalna 27/33,
60-572 Poznań