Abstract
Fourteen drug-free male patients with schizophrenia had a smaller and slower prolactin response to 0.5 mg of intravenous haloperidol than 14 normal age- and sex-matched control subjects. This finding supports the presence of dopaminergic dysfunction in schizophrenia.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Dopamine / physiology
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Haloperidol / pharmacology*
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Humans
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Male
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Prolactin / blood*
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Schizophrenia / blood*
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Schizophrenia / diagnosis
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Schizophrenia / physiopathology
Substances
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Prolactin
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Haloperidol
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Dopamine