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Ive also heard it said in seemingly respectable articles that no one is sure if the grey matter dies off because of the disease itself or because of the medicat
by jxdjsks 11y ago
Ive also heard it said in seemingly respectable articles that no one is sure if the grey matter dies off because of the disease itself or because of the medication to treat the psychotic symptoms.
- derefr 11y agoYou'd think you could just look at some posthumous biopsied brains of untreated schitzophrenics for comparison.
- kaffeemitsahne 11y agoHere's a somewhat relevant study: "The Influence of Chronic Exposure to Antipsychotic Medications on Brain Size before and after Tissue Fixation: A Comparison of Haloperidol and Olanzapine in Macaque Monkeys" http://www.nature.com/npp/journal/v30/n9/full/1300710a.html http://www.nature.com/npp/journal/v30/n9/full/1300710a.html