THE DOPAMINE HYPOTHESIS

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THE ORIGINAL HYPOTHESIS

  • Sz patients have too much dopamine
  • abnormally high levels of dopamine receptors resulting in more dopamine binding
  • (JJ Griffiths 1968) - induced psycotic states in 'normal' people by administering drugs that increase dopamine in the brain

DIFFERENT TYPES OF DOPAMINE RECEPTORS

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