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Weight gain and metabolic abnormalities are serious side effects associated with the use of several second generation antipsychotics (SGA). The adipose tissue has been considered a direct SGA target involved in the development of these adverse effects. Recent studies, mainly using murine cells, have suggested that SGA increase both adipogenesis of preadipocytes and lipid accumulation in mature adipocytes...