Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Neurotransmitter Agents > Dopamine Agents > Dopamine Antagonists
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action > Neurotransmitter Agents > Dopamine Agents > Dopamine Antagonists

Preferred term

Dopamine Antagonists  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Related concepts

Entry terms

  • Antagonist, Dopamine
  • Antagonist, Dopamine Receptor
  • Antagonist, Dopaminergic
  • Antagonists, Dopamine
  • Antagonists, Dopamine Receptor
  • Antagonists, Dopaminergic
  • Blocker, Dopamine
  • Blockers, Dopamine
  • Dopamine Antagonist
  • Dopamine Blocker
  • Dopamine Blockers
  • Dopamine Receptor Antagonist
  • Dopamine Receptor Antagonists
  • Dopaminergic Antagonist
  • Dopaminergic Antagonists
  • Receptor Antagonist, Dopamine
  • Receptor Antagonists, Dopamine

Scope note

  • Drugs that bind to but do not activate DOPAMINE RECEPTORS, thereby blocking the actions of dopamine or exogenous agonists. Many drugs used in the treatment of psychotic disorders (ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS) are dopamine antagonists, although their therapeutic effects may be due to long-term adjustments of the brain rather than to the acute effects of blocking dopamine receptors. Dopamine antagonists have been used for several other clinical purposes including as ANTIEMETICS, in the treatment of Tourette syndrome, and for hiccup. Dopamine receptor blockade is associated with NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME.

History note

  • 95

In other languages

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018492

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 6/1/94, last modified 5/27/20