Open AccessRegional brain metabolism in schizophrenia: The influence of antipsychotics
Author(s) -
Seethalakshmi Ramanathan,
SR Parkar,
Narendra Nair,
SA Batra,
Aditi Pandit,
SA Adarkar,
Nawab S. Baghel,
SH Moghe
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.37512
Subject(s) - antipsychotic , medicine , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , basal ganglia , psychiatry , basal (medicine) , positron emission tomography , pediatrics , endocrinology , central nervous system , nuclear medicine , insulin
Schizophrenia has been associated with a plethora of metabolic changes in the brain that vary with duration and type of psychoses. Additionally, it has been observed that antipsychotics can further alter cerebral glucose metabolism. These changes resulting from antipsychotics have been postulated to be reflective of the duration and mechanism of action of the medication.