An NMR study of lithium responding manic depressive patients.
Manic depressive patients on long-term prophylactic therapy with lithium carbonate are examined by nuclear magnetic resonance imaging of the brain. Their ventricular brain ratios and cerebral grey and white matter spin lattice relaxation times (T1) are within normal limits. The implication of these findings in the light of previous studies using other techniques is discussed.
D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008094:Lithium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016651:Lithium Carbonate; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis
D016651:Lithium Carbonate; D008094:Lithium