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A S Keys

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Persisting changes in brain glucose uptake following neurotoxic doses of phencyclidine which mirror the acute effects of the drug.

Psychopharmacology August 1, 1996 G D Ellison, A S Keys

Phencyclidine (PCP) can induce a model psychosis which has a number of similarities to dementias and schizophrenia. In some cases the psychosis persists for prolonged periods after drug discontinuation. N-Methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonists such as PCP induce increases in glucose metabolism in a variety of brain structures but most notably in limbic regions such as retrosplenial, piriform,...