Neurophatological and neurochemical abnormalities in bipolar disorder;Anormalidades neuropatológicas e neuroquímicas no transtorno afetivo bipolar

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 180-188

  Noronha Frey, Benício ^a,b,f   Rodrigues Da Fonseca, Manoela M ^a,c   Machado Viera, Rodrigo ^a,d   Soares, Jair C ^e   Kapczinski, Flávio ^a,b,c  

^a Rheumatology Department Hospital Clinicas de Porto Alegre   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c HCPA   (Brazil)

^d Hospital Materno Infantil Presidente Vargas   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^f NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Brain chemistry; Second messenger systems

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; CALCIUM; MOOD STABILIZER; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITIDE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

AUTOPSY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CYTOCHEMISTRY; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MEDLINE; MOOD; NERVE CELL; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 4644224562     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-44462004000300008     Document Type: Review

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