Antipsychotic Drug-Induced Movement Disorders
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Experimental treatment of antipsychotic-induced movement disorders
Antipsychotic drugs are extensively prescribed for the treatment of schizophrenia and other related psychiatric disorders. These drugs produced their action by blocking dopamine (DA) receptors, and these receptors are widely present throughout the brain. Therefore, extended antipsychotic use also leads to severe extrapyramidal side effects. The short-term effects include parkinsonism and the la...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0317-1671,2057-0155
DOI: 10.1017/s0317167100003309