Cape Town
Prof Lebo Phahladira, psychiatrist and senior lecturer, is a member of the Psychosis Research Programme of the Department of Psychiatry at Stellenbosch University
Prof Dana Niehaus, Head: Psychogeriatric Unit at Stikland Hospital and Stellenbosch University
Cariprazine's unique pharmacological profile
Antipsychotics are classified according to which dopamine receptors (D1, D2, D3) they bind to. The neurobiological mechanism and clinical effects of agents depend on which dopamine receptor subtype they exert their action.1
Cariprazine is a dopamine D3 and D2...