Potential mechanisms of action of lithium in bipolar disorder: Current understanding

CNS Drugs

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 135-153

  Malhi, Gin S ^a,b   Tanious, Michelle ^a,b   Das, Pritha ^a,b   Coulston, Carissa M ^a,b   Berk, Michael ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOPAMINE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; LITHIUM; MARCKS PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITIDE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE C;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AUTOPHAGY; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BRAIN PROTECTION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MANIA; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84876930720     PISSN: 11727047     EISSN: 11791934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40263-013-0039-0     Document Type: Review

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