CellWell record HH-18047
The effects of lithium and anticonvulsants on brain structure in bipolar disorder
Germaná C, Kempton M, Sarnicola A et al
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica · 2010
In plain language
In a cross-sectional MRI study of 74 remitted bipolar disorder patients, those on long-term lithium treatment had greater grey matter volume in the anterior cingulate, hippocampus-amygdala complex and insula than other treatment groups.
- Evidence
- Established
- Design
- Cross-sectional survey
- Studied in
- Human
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