Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain
the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in
Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles
and JavaScript.
Behavioural supersensitivity may be a result of increased glutamate sensitivity of D2-MSN and reduced sensitivity to dopamine. We propose that clozapine may address behavioural supersensitivity by modulating glutamate activity which may partially explain its unique effectiveness in the setting of treatment resistant schizophrenia.