Bipolar Disorder - Research News and Information

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Lithium treatment and risk of dementia.

30 Oct 2008 CONTEXT: It has been suggested that lithium may have neuroprotective abilities, but it is not clear whether lithium reduces the risk of dementia. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether continued treatment with lithium reduces the risk of dementia in a ... Read more...

Abnormal corticostriatal activity during fear perception in bipolar disorder.

6 Oct 2008 The time course of responses to repeated presentations of affective stimuli is well characterized in healthy individuals but remains to be characterized in patients with bipolar disorder. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we compared ... Read more...

Clock genes may influence bipolar disorder susceptibility and dysfunctional circadian rhythm.

3 Oct 2008 Several previous studies suggest that dysfunction of circadian rhythms may increase susceptibility to bipolar disorder (BP). We conducted an association study of five circadian genes (CRY2, PER1-3, and TIMELESS) in a family collection of 36 trios ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Bipolar Disorder'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Lithium treatment and risk of dementia. 30 Oct 2008
• Abnormal corticostriatal activity during fear perception in bipolar disorder. 6 Oct 2008
• Clock genes may influence bipolar disorder susceptibility and dysfunctional circadian rhythm. 3 Oct 2008
• Family based association study of pediatric bipolar disorder and the dopamine transporter gene (SLC6A3). 3 Oct 2008
• Neurotransmission and bipolar disorder: a systematic family-based association study. 3 Oct 2008
• Sexual risk behaviors and sexually transmitted infection prevalence in an outpatient psychiatry clinic. 29 Sep 2008
• Investigation of the tryptophan hydroxylase 2 gene in bipolar I disorder in the Romanian population. 29 Sep 2008
• Bipolar drug development: are we getting closer to the real world? 29 Sep 2008
• Quality improvement of psychiatric care: challenges of emergency psychiatry. 29 Sep 2008
• Pediatric bipolar disorder comes of age. 29 Sep 2008
• Child bipolar I disorder: prospective continuity with adult bipolar I disorder; characteristics of second and third episodes; predictors of 8-year outcome. 29 Sep 2008
• Recognition of mental illness and suicidality among individuals with serious mental illness. 29 Sep 2008
• [Antiepileptic drugs as mood stabilizers: what did we learn from the epileptology?] 28 Sep 2008
• A common variant in the 3'UTR of the GRIK4 glutamate receptor gene affects transcript abundance and protects against bipolar disorder. 27 Sep 2008
• [Olanzapine] 14 Sep 2008
• Adjunctive psychotherapy for bipolar disorder: state of the evidence. 13 Sep 2008
• High throughput lipidomic profiling of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder brain tissue reveals alterations of free fatty acids, phosphatidylcholines, and ceramides. 7 Sep 2008
• Episode-specific differential gene expression of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in rapid cycling supports novel treatment approaches. 30 Aug 2008
• Valproate and babies. 30 Aug 2008
• A 12-week, open, randomized trial comparing sodium valproate to lithium in patients with bipolar I disorder suffering from a manic episode. 30 Aug 2008

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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)