ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author think with Susan Squier’s concept of biomedical imaginaries and hold this in conversation with Victoria Pitts-Taylor’s invocation of neurobiological bodies. Dwelling at the intersection of feminist science studies and biomedicine, Susan Merrill Squier proposes the concept of “biomedical imaginaries” as a mode for “reflecting the plots, possibilities, and perils of liminal lives”. For Victoria Pitts-Taylor “neurobiology is both a legitimate ontological problem and also an epistemological one; what’s more, these problems are interrelated”. Olanzapine also has metabolic effects on the body, often leading to weight gain. Weight gain can also be linked the histamine receptors, as well as particular serotonin and dopamine receptors. It is believed that olanzapine reduces insulin sensitivity by affecting certain receptors in the liver and skeletal muscles which lead to increased adipose (fat) tissue activity.
