Schizophrenia - SS2 - Explanations - Dopamine Hypothesis - Research 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologySchizophreniaA2/A-levelAQA Created by: melissaellis96Created on: 05-06-14 20:19 Which 3 psychologists support the dopamine hypothesis? Randrup & Munkvad, Davison & Neale and Van Kammon, Docherty & Bunney 1 of 9 What did Randrup & Munkvad inject rats with? Amphetamines - known to increase dopamine levels 2 of 9 What did this cause? Schizophrenic symptoms in rats 3 of 9 What did Davison & Neale give schizophrenics? Phenzothiazanes - a neuroleptic drug which blocks dopamine at the synapse 4 of 9 What was found? Symptoms were reduced 5 of 9 What happened when Van Kammon, Docherty and Bunney gave schizophrenics amphetamines? Their symptoms became worse 6 of 9 How did Kane et al go against the dopamine hypothesis? Found a new drug, clozapine to be ore effective - blocks dopamine less at synapse 7 of 9 What practical applications are there? Drugs to reduce dopamine and thus schizophrenic symptoms 8 of 9 What can't be established? If high dopamine led to schizophrenia or if schizophrenia caused high dopamine levels 9 of 9
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