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Why does lithium therapy work for bipolar disorder?

June 21, 2010Evie Bentley

Whilst it’s been known for years that lithium drugs help many bipolar patients to manage their disorder, it hasn’t been known how lithium acts.  But now there is a clue! Laboratory studies show a link between lithium and an enzyme known as PO*. This enzyme controls a group of genes which affect brain cells’ sensitivity […]

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Nature, nurture and schizophrenia

July 2, 2009March 9, 2017Evie Bentley

DNA analysis of thousands of people in  three separate studies has shown that the disorder is linked to the interaction of a large number of genetic variants on chromosome 6, in an area called the Major Histocompatability Complex which has one role in the immune system and another in controlling the switching on or off of other genes. […]

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