Posted by linkadge on August 7, 2005, at 19:50:23
In reply to Re: Neurogenerative properties of lithium, posted by Squiggles on August 7, 2005, at 17:08:38
Some researchers believe that bipolar disorder is a genetic disease related to a specific abnormality in glutamate neurotransmission.
We know that carabazapine (tegretol) can treat some people's bipolar without producing trophic capabilities, and/or without producing neurogenesis.
So the disease may start because of a abnormality in the regulation of certain neruomodulators, but may progress and worsen due to the downstream neurodegenerative effects of this disregulation.
Lithium may have a broader theraputic application thant tegretol due to its ability to produce neuromodulation *and* neurogenesis.
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