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The effect of drug holidays in an animal model of tardive dyskinesia

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Intermittent haloperidol treatment in mice increased 3H-spiroperidol binding to the same degree as continual haloperidol feeding. The results do not support the concept that drug holidays can reduce the incidence of tardive dyskinesia.

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  1. Dept. of Psychiatry, Hadassah-Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

    J. Bannet

  2. The Jerusalem Mental Health Center-Ezrath Nashim, P.O.B. 140, Jerusalem, Israel

    R. H. Belmaker & R. P. Ebstein

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Bannet, J., Belmaker, R.H. & Ebstein, R.P. The effect of drug holidays in an animal model of tardive dyskinesia. Psychopharmacology 69, 223–224 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00427654

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