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Raclopride
Introduction
Raclopride is a synthetic compound that acts on a subset of dopamine receptors as an antagonist. It can thus be used as a neuroleptic agent to treat schizophrenia. It can be radiolabelled and used in PET scanning to assess the degree of dopamine binding