A Selective Association between Central and Peripheral Lithium Levels in Remitters in Bipolar Depression: A 3T-7Li Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 214-220

  Machado Vieira, R ^a,b   Otaduy, M C ^a   Zanetti, M V ^a   De Sousa, R T ^a   Dias, V V ^a   Leite, C C ^a   Forlenza, O V ^a   Busatto, G F ^a   Soares, J C ^c   Gattaz, W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Depression; Imaging; Lithium; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Spectroscopy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; LITHIUM 7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; TRANQUILIZER;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLOOD; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE;

EID: 84957427014     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12511     Document Type: Article

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