Browsing Research Output by Subject "dopamine"

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Cortico-striatal oxidative status, dopamine turnover and relation with stereotypy in the deer mouse

Güldenpfennig, Marianne; Wolmarans, De Wet; Du Preez, Jan L.; Harvey, Brian H.; Stein, Dan J. (Elsevier, 2011)

The deer mouse presents with spontaneous stereotypic movements that resemble the repetitive behaviours of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), and demonstrates a selective response to serotonin reuptake inhibitors. OCD has ...
The nature of relapse in schizophrenia

Emsley, Robin; Harvey, Brian H.; Chiliza, Bonginkosi; Asmal, Laila (BioMed Central, 2013)

Background: Multiple relapses characterise the course of illness in most patients with schizophrenia, yet the nature of these episodes has not been extensively researched and clinicians may not always be aware of important ...
Social isolation rearing induces mitochondrial, immunological, neurochemical and behavioural deficits in rats, and is reversed by clozapine or N-acetyl cysteine

Möller, Marisa; Du Preez, Jan L.; Viljoen, Francois P.; Harvey, Brian H.; Berk, Michael; Emsley, Robin (Elsevier, 2013)

Apart from altered dopamine (DA) function, schizophrenia displays mitochondrial and immune-inflammatory abnormalities, evidenced by oxidative stress, altered kynure nine metaboli sm and cytokine release . N-acetyl cysteine ...