Neuregulin-1 signalling and antipsychotic treatment: Potential therapeutic targets in a schizophrenia candidate signalling pathway

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 201-215

  Deng, Chao ^a,b   Pan, Bo ^a   Engel, Martin ^a,b   Huang, Xu Feng ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antipsychotic; Dopaminergic; Drug target; ErbB4 receptor; GABA; Glutamatergic; Neuregulin 1; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CLOZAPINE; DOPAMINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4; GLUTAMIC ACID; HALOPERIDOL; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE;

DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG TARGETING; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; HUMANS; NEUREGULIN-1; NEUREGULINS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RNA, MESSENGER; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84877113728     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-013-3003-2     Document Type: Review

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