loading...| Preferred Name |
Antipsychotic Agent |
| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C29710 |
| ALT_DEFINITION |
A type of drug used to treat symptoms of psychosis. These include hallucinations (sights, sounds, smells, tastes, or touches that a person believes to be real but are not real), delusions (false beliefs), and dementia (loss of the ability to think, remember, learn, make decisions, and solve problems). Most antipsychotic agents block the action of certain chemicals in the nervous system. |
| CHEBI_ID |
CHEBI:35476 |
| code |
C29710 |
| DEFINITION |
Also known as neuroleptics, major tranquilizers, or antischizophrenics, natural or synthetic. Antipsychotic Agents relieve and control the symptoms of schizophrenic illness (hallucinations, delusions, dementia). Most antipsychotic agents interfere with various neurotransmitter functions, often blocking dopamine receptors, and induce diverse behavioral, endocrine, motor-kinetic effects. (NCI04) |
| FULL_SYN |
Neuroleptic Agent Major Tranquilizer neuroleptic agent antipsychotic agent Antischizophrenic Agent antipsychotic Antipsychotic Agent |
| label |
Antipsychotic Agent |
| Legacy Concept Name |
Antipsychotic_Agent |
| Preferred_Name |
Antipsychotic Agent |
| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C29710 |
| prefLabel |
Antipsychotic Agent |
| Semantic_Type |
Chemical Viewed Functionally |
| UMLS_CUI |
C0040615 |
| subClassOf |