Figure 1. Pathophysiology of schizophrenia and neurobiology of nicotine.
DA: dopamine; GLU: glutamate; Ach: acetylcholine; nAchRs: nicotinic acetylcholine receptors; GABA: gamma aminobutyric acid; NMDAR: N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors
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