Treatment of bipolar disorder

JR Geddes, DJ Miklowitz - The lancet, 2013 - thelancet.com
We review recent developments in the acute and long-term treatment of bipolar disorder and
identify promising future routes to therapeutic innovation. Overall, advances in drug …

Calcium signalling and psychiatric disease: bipolar disorder and schizophrenia

MJ Berridge - Cell and tissue research, 2014 - Springer
Neurons have highly developed Ca 2+ signalling systems responsible for regulating many
neural functions such as the generation of brain rhythms, information processing and the …

Molecular mechanisms of bipolar disorder: progress made and future challenges

Y Kim, R Santos, FH Gage… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a chronic and progressive psychiatric illness characterized by mood
oscillations, with episodes of mania and depression. The impact of BD on patients can be …

Lithium: bipolar disorder and neurodegenerative diseases Possible cellular mechanisms of the therapeutic effects of lithium

F Marmol - Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Bipolar illness is a major psychiatric disorder that affects 1–3% of the worldwide population.
Epidemiological studies have demonstrated that this illness is substantially heritable …

Animal models for bipolar disorder: from bedside to the cage

DKE Beyer, N Freund - International journal of bipolar disorders, 2017 - Springer
Bipolar disorder is characterized by recurrent manic and depressive episodes. Patients
suffering from this disorder experience dramatic mood swings with a wide variety of typical …

Lithium: the pharmacodynamic actions of the amazing ion

KM Brown, DK Tracy - Therapeutic advances in …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Lithium has been used for the treatment of mood disorders for over 60 years, yet the exact
mechanisms by which it exerts its therapeutic effects remain unclear. Two enzymatic chains …

Characterization of the Expression and Regulation of Genes Necessary for myo-Inositol Biosynthesis and Transport in the Seminiferous Epithelium

TR Chauvin, MD Griswold - Biology of reproduction, 2004 - academic.oup.com
In many mammals, the concentration of myo-inositol in the fluid of the seminiferous tubules
is dramatically higher than levels found in serum. Two enzymes involved in myo-inositol …

Mammalian inositol 3-phosphate synthase: its role in the biosynthesis of brain inositol and its clinical use as a psychoactive agent

LK Parthasarathy, L Ratnam, S Seelan… - Biology of Inositols and …, 2006 - Springer
1. INTRODUCTION myo-inositol, 1 a carbocyclic sugar that is abundant in brain and other
mammalian tissues, mediates cell signal transduction in response to a variety of hormones …

The subtherapeutic dose of valproic acid induces the activity of cardiolipin-dependent proteins

P Horonyova, I Durisova, P Cermakova… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2024 - Elsevier
A mood-stabilizing anticonvulsant valproic acid (VPA) is a drug with a pleiotropic effect on
cells. Here, we describe the impact of VPA on the metabolic function of human HAP1 cells …

Human 1-D-myo-inositol-3-phosphate synthase is functional in yeast

S Ju, G Shaltiel, A Shamir, G Agam… - Journal of Biological …, 2004 - ASBMB
We have cloned, sequenced, and expressed a human cDNA encoding 1-d-myo-inositol-3-
phosphate (MIP) synthase (hINO1). The encoded 62-kDa human enzyme converted d …