Theresa Hannon BA Hons
In 1965, Bell noted that amphetamine psychosis mimicked schizophrenia. Later, van Ree and Otte lucidated that amphetamine and alpha-endorphin had similar effects in the Central Nervous System, while Wiegant et al. found increased levels of gamma and alpha-endorphin in the hypothalamic tissue of schizophrenic human cadavers.
