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The dopamine hypothesis of Bipolar Affective Disorder: the state of the art and implications for treatment

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Bipolar affective disorder is a common neuropsychiatric disorder. Whilst its neurobiological underpinnings are incompletely understood, the dopamine hypothesis has been a key theory of the pathophysiology of both manic and depressive phases of the illness for over four decades. The increased use of antidopaminergics in the treatment of this disorder and new in vivo neuroimaging and post-mortem studies makes it timely to review this theory. To do this, we conducted a systematic search for po...

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10.1038/mp.2017.16

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Oxford college:
Merton College
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Nature Publishing Group
Journal:
Molecular Psychiatry More from this journal
Volume:
22
Pages:
666–679
Publication date:
2017-03-14
Acceptance date:
2017-01-08
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EISSN:
1476-5578
ISSN:
1359-4184
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pubs:670816
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uuid:1a362295-7c90-47f9-9c37-a225ad90c86c
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670816
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2017-01-13

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