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Use of rauwolfia serpentina benth. in neuropsychiatric conditions
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This article is published in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.The article was published on 1954-04-01. It has received 173 citations till now.read more
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Treatment of schizophrenia.
B. Beckmann,H. Hippius,E. Rüther +2 more
TL;DR: The neuroleptics can be used as tools for exploration of the etiopathogenesis of schizophrenia and some important pharmacological mechanisms, i.e. their antidopaminergic activity, are outlined.
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Dangers in combining reserpine (serpasil) with electroconvulsive therapy.
TL;DR: Within the past two years reserpine has enjoyed an increasing and ever-expanding popularity in therapeutic usage in this country, particularly because of its rather specific hypotensive effect, and in recent months there has been a growing enthusiasm in the use of Reserpine for the treatment of many psychiatric illnesses.
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Psychosis apparently produced by reserpine.
Schroeder Ha,Perry Hm +1 more
TL;DR: Because psychoses developed in five individuals taking this drug, with slow recovery after withdrawal, and because nervousness, insomnia, and agitation have appeared in others, it is considered it advisable to call attention to such reactions.
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The Pharmacology of Rauwolfia Alkaloids
M. J. Rand,Helga Jurevics +1 more
TL;DR: Preparations derived from species of Rauwolfia, a plant genus belonging to the Apocynaceae family, have been used for the treatment of a great variety of diseases in the folk medicine of the regions in which they are found.
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Receptor Feedback and Dopamine Turnover in CNS
TL;DR: During the 1960s, histochemical, biochemical, and pharmacological evidence accumulated supporting the existence of specific dopamine (DA) containing neurons in the central nervous system.
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The normal blood pressure range and its clinical implications.
TL;DR: The level of the figures generally accepted as indicative of hypertension should be raised for persons over 40 years of age, which would result in a decrease in the reported incidence of hypertension.
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Reserpin, der sedative Wirkstoff ausRauwolfia serpentina Benth
TL;DR: The sedative principle of Rauwolfia serpentina Benth has been isolated in pure crystalline form and its chemistry and pharmacology has been studied as discussed by the authors, and its properties and properties have been investigated.
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A clinical trial of rauwolfia serpentina in essential hypertension
TL;DR: Evans and Loughnan, after a critical analysis and trial of thirty three different preparations in seventy cases of high blood pressure (essential hypertension), were forced to admit the uselessness of them all.
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The use of Rauwolfia serpentina in hypertensive patients.
TL;DR: Rauwolfia serpentina has been used in India for many years to treat a variety of diseases that at first thought appear to bear little similarity to one another, but on reflection these various diseases could have a common denominator if they were all relieved symptomatically by a sedative or a "relaxing" drug such as Rau wolfia.
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Zur Pharmakologie des Reserpin, eines neuen Alkaloids ausRauwolfia Serpentina Benth
TL;DR: There is evidence, that central portions of the sympathetic system are inhibited by Reserpin, a new, highly active alcaloid from Rauwolfia serpentina benth.