Salk Study Shows How Bipolar Disorder Affects Neurons in the Brain (IMAGE)

Salk Institute

Salk Study Shows How Bipolar Disorder Affects Neurons in the Brain

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Salk scientists discover cellular differences between brain cells from bipolar patients that respond to lithium and those that don't. Neurons (white/red) from a subset of bipolar patients show changes in their electrical activity in response to lithium.

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