Psychiatry Advances: Dopamine In and Out Of The Brain
Dr. Zachery Freyberg MD,PHD is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. He is an expert in Cellular Biology as well as being an outstanding psychiatric clinician. This podcast discusses the role of Dopamine transmission across the brain and within other organ systems of the body e.g. that of the pancreas. Weight gain is discussed as this relates to metabolic disturbance in patients taking anti-psychotic medications that affect insulin control and diabetes.