Antipsychotic medications exert their therapeutic effects primarily through modulation of neurotransmitter systems in the brain, most notably by antagonising dopamine D2 receptors within mesolimbic ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough therapy designation to a potentially first-in-class psychotropic agent with a completely different mechanism of ...

This post was written by Eugene Rubin, MD, Ph.D., and Charles Zorumski, MD. Schizophrenia is a severe, chronic disorder characterized by "positive" symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions (fixed, ...

Paliperidone 3 mg, 6 mg, 9 mg; extended-release tabs. Paliperidone is the major active metabolite of risperidone. Although the mechanism of action of this atypical antipsychotic is unknown, the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cobenfy is the first antipsychotic medication to treat schizophrenia by targeting cholinergic receptors. The ...

Haloperidol is an antipsychotic drug commonly used to treat a range of neurological disorders, including schizophrenia, Tourette syndrome, bipolar disorder and others. The drug works by blocking ...