Bipolar Disorder - Genetics
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Lithium response across generations.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To describe and integrate observations from bipolar patients responsive to lithium stabilization and their children. METHOD: Selected findings are described from the clinical and biological investigations of adults meeting research ... Read more...

A reverse-translational study of dysfunctional exploration in psychiatric disorders: from mice to men.

29 Sep 2009 CONTEXT: Bipolar mania and schizophrenia are recognized as separate disorders but share many commonalities, which raises the question of whether they are the same disorder on different ends of a continuum. The lack of distinct endophenotypes of ... Read more...

Genome-wide linkage and follow-up association study of postpartum mood symptoms.

13 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: Family studies have suggested that postpartum mood symptoms might have a partly genetic etiology. The authors used a genome-wide linkage analysis to search for chromosomal regions that harbor genetic variants conferring susceptibility for ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Bipolar Disorder - Genetics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Lithium response across generations. 30 Oct 2009
• Postpartum mood disorders: genetic progress and treatment paradigms. 30 Oct 2009
• A reverse-translational study of dysfunctional exploration in psychiatric disorders: from mice to men. 29 Sep 2009
• Genome-wide linkage and follow-up association study of postpartum mood symptoms. 13 Sep 2009
• The P300 as a possible endophenotype for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: Evidence from twin and patient studies. 9 Sep 2009
• Dissociable brain structural changes associated with predisposition, resilience, and disease expression in bipolar disorder. 31 Aug 2009
• Genetic variation in the G72 (DAOA) gene affects temporal lobe and amygdala structure in subjects affected by bipolar disorder. 30 Aug 2009
• Mood-incongruent psychosis in bipolar disorder: conditional linkage analysis shows genome-wide suggestive linkage at 1q32.3, 7p13 and 20q13.31. 30 Aug 2009
• Genetic and environmental influences on pro-inflammatory monocytes in bipolar disorder: a twin study. 30 Aug 2009
• No association between bipolar disorder and syngr1 or synapsin II polymorphisms in the Han Chinese population. 6 Aug 2009
• No evidence for excess runs of homozygosity in bipolar disorder. 30 Jul 2009
• A variant in the reelin gene increases the risk of schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder but not bipolar disorder. 30 Jul 2009
• Searching genetic risk factors for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: learn from the past and back to the future. 30 Jul 2009
• No association between lithium full responders and the DRD1, DRD2, DRD3, DAT1, 5-HTTLPR and HTR2A genes in a Sardinian sample. 29 Jul 2009
• Family-based association study of Neuregulin 1 with psychotic bipolar disorder. 3 Jul 2009
• Association of AKT1 with verbal learning, verbal memory, and regional cortical gray matter density in twins. 3 Jul 2009
• Irritability without elation in a large bipolar youth sample: frequency and clinical description. 29 Jun 2009
• Clinical implications of a staging model for bipolar disorders. 29 Jun 2009
• Common polygenic variation contributes to risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. 29 Jun 2009
• Bipolar disorder. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Bipolar Disorder'

Definition: A major affective disorder marked by severe mood swings (manic or major depressive episodes) and a tendency to remission and recurrence.

Descriptor UI: D001714

Alternative terms: Bipolar Disorder; Bipolar Disorders; Disorder, Bipolar; Psychosis, Manic-Depressive; Psychosis, Manic Depressive; Manic-Depressive Psychosis; Manic Depressive Psychosis; Affective Psychosis, Bipolar; Bipolar Affective Psychosis; Psychoses, Bipolar Affective; Psychosis, Bipolar Affective; Psychoses, Manic-Depressive; Manic-Depressive Psychoses; Psychoses, Manic Depressive; Mania; Manias; Manic State; Manic States; State, Manic; States, Manic; Depression, Bipolar; Bipolar Depression; Manic Disorder; Disorder, Manic; Manic Disorders;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.600.150.150;

History Note: 81(63)