Biological predictors of lithium response in bipolar disorder

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 243-250

  Ikeda, Akifumi ^a,c   Kato, Tadafumi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c Kichijoji Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological predictor; Bipolar disorder; Lithium; Pharmacogenetics; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CREATINE PHOSPHATE; INOSITOL; INOSITOL MONOPHOSPHATASE; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE; LITHIUM; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CELL PH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; INOSITOL POLYPHOSPHATE 1 PHOSPHATASE GENE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER GENE; WHITE MATTER;

ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; CALCIUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0038015447     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2003.01112.x     Document Type: Review

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