Disminución del transportador de dopamina estriatal en primeros episodios psicóticos de pacientes esquizofrénicos tratados con risperidona

In our series, first episode schizophrenic patients treated with risperidone have a decrease striatal DAT binding assessed with 123I-FP-CIT SPECT. This alteration could be related to the own schizophrenia disease or be secondary to the antipsychotic treatment.