Bipolar Patients' Brain Cells Predict Response to Lithium
Thursday, October 29, 2015 - 16:50
in Health & Medicine
The brain cells of patients with bipolar disorder, a manic-depressive illness characterized by severe swings in mood, energy and ability to carry out daily tasks, are more sensitive to stimuli than other people's brain cells, reports an international team of scientists headed by researchers at Salk Institute for Biological Studies and University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.