Another step in understanding antipsychotic medication

(National Centre for Biological Sciences) Antipsychotic drugs are used for the treatment of mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Unfortunately, sedation or sleepiness is a common side effect of these drugs, which makes a patient's recovery difficult. A new study from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore, on the antipsychotic drug Clozapine, indicates that the serotonin receptor 5-HT2A is partially responsible for the sedative effects of Clozapine.
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