BDNF and schizophrenia: In light of the above data, the aim of our study was to evaluate the influence of repeated treatment with aripiprazole (an atypical antipsychotic drug) and AD escitalopram (ESC, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) [33] given alone or in combination on the schizophrenia-like behavior and BDNF mRNA expression in adult rats exposed to glutathione deficit during early postnatal development.