Looking Beyond The Drug Receptor For Clues To Drug Effectiveness

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Tue, 08/26/2008 - 09:00

Antipsychotic drugs that are widely used to treat schizophrenia and other problems may not work as scientists have assumed, according to findings from Duke University Medical Center researchers that could lead to changes in how these drugs are developed and prescribed.


 

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