Atypical Antipsychotics (Hardcover)

A general introduction.- to schizophrenia.- From first to second generation antipsychotics.- Animal models for schizophrenia: an introduction.- The preclinical evaluation of atypical antipsychotics.- Receptor profile of antipsychotics.- Regional selectivity of antipsychotic drugs.- Screening models for antipsychotic drugs.- Simulation models for schizophrenia.- The clinical evaluation of atypical antipsychotics.- Clozapine: the first atypical antipsychotic.- Dopamine receptor subtypes and schizophrenia: a clinical perspective.- Multireceptor atypical antipsychotic drugs.- New discoveries in the development of antipsychotics with novel mechanisms of action: beyond the atypical antipsychotics with serotonin dopamine antagonism.