Chronic lithium treatment decreases neuronal activity in the nucleus accumbens and cingulate cortex of the rat

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 229-237

  Lambert, Philip D ^a   McGirr, Kathleen M ^b   Ely, Timothy D ^c   Kilts, Clinton D ^c   Kuhar, Michael J ^b  

^a REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Bipolar disorder; Cingulate cortex; Cytochrome oxidase; Imaging; Lithium; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; LITHIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; LITHIUM; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MITOCHONDRIA; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033018495     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-133X(98)00117-1     Document Type: Article

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