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Dopamine In and Out Of The Brain

Dr. Zachary 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.

References

  • Zachary Freyberg, George K. Gittes; Roles of Pancreatic Islet Catecholamine Neurotransmitters in Glycemic Control and in Antipsychotic Drug–Induced Dysglycemia. Diabetes 1 January 2023; 72 (1): 3–15. Roles of Pancreatic Islet Catecholamine Neurotransmitters in Glycemic Control and in Antipsychotic Drug–Induced Dysglycemia
  • Freyberg Z, Aslanoglou D, Shah R, Ballon JS. Intrinsic and Antipsychotic Drug-Induced Metabolic Dysfunction in Schizophrenia. Front Neurosci. 2017 Jul 28;11:432. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00432. PMID: 28804444; PMCID: PMC5532378.