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Risperidone

"Risperidone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

A selective blocker of DOPAMINE D2 RECEPTORS and SEROTONIN 5-HT2 RECEPTORS that acts as an atypical antipsychotic agent. It has been shown to improve both positive and negative symptoms in the treatment of SCHIZOPHRENIA.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Risperidone" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Risperidone" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 274 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 22 publications in 2006
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Funded by the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences through its Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program, grant number UL1TR002541.