Is competition between Li + and Mg 2+ the underlying theme in the proposed mechanisms for the pharmacological action of lithium salts in bipolar disorder?

Duarte Mota De Freitas; M. Margarida C.A. Castro; Carlos F.G.C. Geraldes

doi:10.1021/ar030197a

Is competition between Li ⁺ and Mg ²⁺ the underlying theme in the proposed mechanisms for the pharmacological action of lithium salts in bipolar disorder?

Duarte Mota De Freitas
, M. Margarida C.A. Castro
, Carlos F.G.C. Geraldes

Loyola University of Chicago
University of Coimbra, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology
University of Coimbra

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	283-291
Number of pages	9
Journal	Accounts of Chemical Research
Volume	39
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ar030197a
State	Published - Apr 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Is competition between Li ⁺ and Mg ²⁺ the underlying theme in the proposed mechanisms for the pharmacological action of lithium salts in bipolar disorder? / De Freitas, Duarte Mota; Castro, M. Margarida C.A.; Geraldes, Carlos F.G.C.
In: Accounts of Chemical Research, Vol. 39, No. 4, 04.2006, p. 283-291.

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