Neuroscience
Lithium may treat behavior linked to autism gene
The mood-stabilizing drug lithium eases repetitive behaviors seen in mice missing SHANK3, an autism gene, according to a new study1.
Apr 27, 2020
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News tagged with lithium
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Can lithium halt progression of Alzheimer's disease?
There remains a controversy in scientific circles today regarding the value of lithium therapy in treating Alzheimer's disease. Much of this stems from the fact that because the information gathered to date has been obtained ...
Jan 25, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Lithium can reverse radiation damage after brain tumor treatment
Children who have received radiotherapy for a brain tumor can develop cognitive problems later in life. In their studies on mice, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have now shown that the drug lithium can help to reverse ...
Nov 14, 2019
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Medical research
Lithium boosts muscle strength in mice with rare muscular dystrophy
Standing up from a chair, climbing stairs, brushing one's hair—all can be a struggle for people with a rare form of muscular dystrophy that causes progressive weakness in the shoulders and hips. Over time, many such people ...
Jun 3, 2019
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Medical research
Lithium boosts muscle strength in mice with rare muscular dystrophy
Standing up from a chair, climbing stairs, brushing one's hair – all can be a struggle for people with a rare form of muscular dystrophy that causes progressive weakness in the shoulders and hips. Over time, many such people ...
Apr 22, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Underlying molecular mechanism of bipolar disorder revealed
An international collaborative study led by researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP), with major participation from Yokohama School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and UC San Diego, has ...
May 8, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New clue to how lithium works in the brain
Since the 1970s, U.S. doctors have prescribed lithium to treat patients with bipolar disorder. While the drug has a good success rate, scientists are still unsure exactly how it achieves its beneficial effects.
Jul 7, 2016
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Medical research
Fruit flies live longer on lithium
Fruit flies live 16% longer than average when given low doses of the mood stabiliser lithium, according to a UCL-led study.
Apr 7, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Bipolar patients' brain cells predict response to lithium
The brain cells of patients with bipolar disorder, characterized by severe swings between depression and elation, are more sensitive to stimuli than other people's brain cells, researchers have discovered.
Oct 28, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New drug for bipolar disorder may offer fewer side effects
(Medical Xpress)—A drug for bipolar disorder that works like lithium, the most common and effective treatment for the condition, but without lithium's toxicity and problem side-effects has been identified by Oxford University ...
Jan 9, 2013
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