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Science 15 August 1997:
Vol. 277. no. 5328, p. 900
DOI: 10.1126/science.277.5328.900
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NEUROBIOLOGY:
Schizophrenia Clues From Monkeys

Elizabeth Pennisi

By giving vervet monkeys the drug phencyclidine (PCP)--also known as "angel dust"--researchers, in a Report in this week's Science, have mimicked some of the cognitive deficits that afflict schizophrenia patients. Studies of these monkeys may help clarify why schizophrenia-related problems arise and could also aid in evaluating therapies for improving cognitive function.

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