| Literature DB >> 11072948 |
G J Moore, J M Bebchuk, I B Wilds, G Chen, H K Manji, H K Menji.
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Rodent studies have shown that lithium exerts neurotrophic or neuroprotective effects. We used three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging and brain segmentation to study pharmacologically-induced increases in grey matter volume with chronic lithium use in patients with bipolar mood disorder. Grey-matter volume increased after 4 weeks of treatment. The increases in grey matter probably occurred because of neurotrophic effects.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 11072948 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02793-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN: 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321