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BMC Pharmacology 2009, 9 :6
Human astrocytoma cells treated with the antipsychotic drug haloperidol show increased mRNA expression of QK1, a gene previously identified as a candidate gene for schizophrenia.
BMC Pharmacology 2009, 9 :3
Treatment with dimeticone blocks the spiracles of headlice but does not cause instant asphyxiation - instead the lice die slowly as water loss through the spiracles is impeded, causing physiological stress and occasionally osmotic rupture of the gut.
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