Interesting - lithium protects neurotrophic factor

Posted by BarbaraCat on January 22, 2002, at 0:36:30

Been reading alot about new research stating that lithium actually protects the brain and causes new neural pathways to generate (upregulates cytoprotective protein bcl-2). Whether or not you're BP, doses of lithium, as stated here, are prophylactic for the brain. Here are a few links that are very interesting:
www.mhsource.com/bipolar/bp0108lith.html
www.biopsychiatry.com/lithprot.htm
www.med.wayne.edu/Wayne%20Medicine/wm2001/moore-magnet.htm (real good one about magnetic scanners showing bcl-2 upregulation!)
Watcha think? Is good old lithium better than we give it credit for in perhaps different modes of action than we suspected? -- Barbara

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Interesting - lithium protects neurotrophic factor BarbaraCat 1/22/02
Re: Interesting - lithium protects neurotrophic factor » BarbaraCat Lorraine 1/22/02
Re: Interesting - lithium protects neurotrophic factor BarbaraCat 1/22/02
Re: Interesting - lithium protects neurotrophic factor » BarbaraCat Lorraine 1/23/02
Re: Interesting - lithium protects neurotrophic factor Blue Cheer 1 1/23/02
Re: Interesting - lithium protects neurotrophic factor » Blue Cheer 1 SLS 1/23/02
Re: Interesting - lithium protects neurotrophic factor Blue Cheer 1 1/24/02
Re: Here's link reporting on Manji's work, good Lorraine 1/25/02
Thanks -- very interesting! (nm) » Lorraine Blue Cheer 1 1/26/02
Re: Here's link of Manji himself Dr. Bob 1/27/02
Thanks and neat to see him in person! (nm) » Dr. Bob Blue Cheer 1 1/27/02
Re: Here's link reporting on Manji's work, good Ritch 1/27/02

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