Update on the development of lurasidone as a treatment for patients with acute schizophrenia
Lurasidone is a novel benzisothiazole antipsychotic drug for the treatment of schizophrenia. Of the antipsychotic drugs, lurasidone has the highest affinity for the 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)7 receptor. Lurasidone also has high affinities for the dopamine D2, 5HT2A, 5-HT1A and α2C adrenergic recepto...
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| Language: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2012
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3367402/ |