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.

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