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Over the past ten years, tremendous advances have been made in the basic understanding of the biological substratum of mental processes. This has been reflected by increased understanding of the metabolism of neurohormones, the genetics of mental illness, the structure activity relationship of hallucinogens and the possible mechanism of action of psychopharmacological agents. Stemming from this new understanding have been a number of new techniques for the study of biochemical processes, and as a result of these techniques, several investigations of biochemical abnormalities related to schizophrenia have been undertaken which were not previously possible. All of these advances have given great forward momentum to the field of biological psychiatry, and it should be necessary to detail only a few to demonstrate this point.
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Friedhoff, A.J. (1969). Present Directions in the Investigation of Dimethoxyphenethylamine. In: Bogoch, S. (eds) The Future of the Brain Sciences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6323-9_54
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