Biochemical processes in schizophrenia: An update

Abstract

The study of biochemical processes in schizophenia has continued to be influenced by a new knowledge in neurobiology and clinical nosology. With increasing frequency, neurobiology is taking clinical factors into account. Areas updated in the current review from this perspective include the dopamine hypothesis, monoamine oxidase research, postmortem studies, endorphins, endogenous hallucinogens and drug-induced psychoses, immunological and viral factors, and serum creatine phosphokinase.