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Chapter and Conference Paper
On Current Research in Affective Disorders
To give a short review of all the excellent papers of the current research in affective disorders in this volume is not an easy task. A lot of new data have emerged since I gave a similar review 3 years ago (Fog ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Effect of Dopamine Antagonists in Spontaneous and Tardive Dyskinesia
Dopamine antagonists are effective in suppressing hyperkinetic symptoms in patients with tardive dyskinesia, spontaneous oral dyskinesia, Huntington’s chorea, and Gilles de la Tourette’s syndrome. These neurol...
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Chapter
Neuroleptic-induced ‘tardive Tourrette’s syndrome’ and neurotoxicity
Neurological side effects have been associated with neuroleptic drugs since these drugs were introduced in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. Acute dystonia and parkinsonism may be seen in the initial pha...
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Stereotyped Behavior and Its Relevance for Testing Neuroleptics
During the early Sixties it became clear that the characteristic clinical effects of neuroleptics (antimanic, antischizophrenic, neurologic) correlated with their ability to antagonize stereotypies elicited in...