l’antipsychotique-Antipsychotics

SERVONNET, A., MINOGIANIS, E. A., BOUCHARD, C., BEDARD, A. M., LEVESQUE, D., ROMPRE, P. P. & SAMAHA, A. N. 2017. Neurotensin in the nucleus accumbens reverses dopamine supersensitivity evoked by antipsychotic treatment. Neuropharmacology, 123, 10-21.

Cynthia El Hage, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr Anne-Noël Samaha laboratory, publishes an article in Neuropharmacology. This study shows that chronic exposure to the antipsychotic haloperidol changes the function of the nucleus accumbens, a region that is part of the brain’s reward circuit. EL HAGE, C., BEDARD, A. M. & SAMAHA, A. N. 2015. Antipsychotic treatment leading to dopamine supersensitivity persistently alters nucleus accumbens function. Neuropharmacology.