New Target In Brain For Treating Schizophrenia Identified
Thursday, November 6, 2008 - 09:14
in Health & Medicine
Research could expand the options for controlling schizophrenia by identifying a brain region that responds to more than one type of antipsychotic drug. The findings illustrate for the first time that the orbitofrontal cortex could be a promising target for developing future antipsychotic drugs -- even those that have very different mechanisms of action.