Addressing the unmet needs of patients with persistent negative symptoms of schizophrenia: Emerging pharmacological treatment options

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages 777-789

  Chue, Pierre ^a   Lalonde, Justine K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Roche Scientific Partnerships   (France)

Author keywords

7 alpha nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists; Glycine reuptake inhibitors; Metabotropic glutamate receptor 2 (mGluR2); Negative symptoms; NMDA receptor; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AMISULPRIDE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ASENAPINE; BENZOIC ACID; BITOPERTIN; BRADANICLINE; CLOZAPINE; CYCLOSERINE; DEXTRO ALANINE; DEXTRO SERINE; ENCENICLINE; GLYCINE; GRANISETRON; LAMOTRIGINE; MEMANTINE; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; OLANZAPINE; ONDANSETRON; POMAGLUMETAD METHIONIL; PREGNENOLONE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; SARCOSINE; SILDENAFIL; TROPISETRON;

DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REMISSION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84900404460     PISSN: 11766328     EISSN: 11782021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/NDT.S43404     Document Type: Review

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