Posted by Lorraine on January 22, 2002, at 10:52:11
In reply to Interesting - lithium protects neurotrophic factor, posted by BarbaraCat on January 22, 2002, at 0:36:30
Lithium is also anti-viral and there are now theories that mental illness may be virally related.
Lorraine
> Been reading alot about new research stating that lithium actually protects the brain and causes new neural pathways to generate (upregulates cytoprotective protein bcl-2). Whether or not you're BP, doses of lithium, as stated here, are prophylactic for the brain. Here are a few links that are very interesting:
> www.mhsource.com/bipolar/bp0108lith.html
> www.biopsychiatry.com/lithprot.htm
> www.med.wayne.edu/Wayne%20Medicine/wm2001/moore-magnet.htm (real good one about magnetic scanners showing bcl-2 upregulation!)
>
> Watcha think? Is good old lithium better than we give it credit for in perhaps different modes of action than we suspected? -- Barbara
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