Getting balance: Drugs for bipolar disorder share target

被引:21
作者
Coyle, JT [1 ]
Manji, HK
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[1] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, McLean Dept Psychiat, Belmont, MA 02178 USA
[2] NIMH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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10.1038/nm0602-557
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Lithium and anticonvulsants such as valproic acid have the same end result: a more stable life for people with bipolar disorder. Now it seems they may also affect the same biochemical pathway in the brain.
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