Elevation of RBC glycine and choline levels in geriatric patients treated with lithium.
During 6 weeks of lithium treatment, the RBC glycine and choline levels of five cognitively impaired geriatric subjects without affective disorders increased significantly and correlated with RBC and plasma lithium levels. The subjects' cognitive processes did not improve.
D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D002794:Choline / Q000097:blood*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D003704:Dementia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D005998:Glycine / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008094:Lithium / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016651:Lithium Carbonate; D008297:Male
D016651:Lithium Carbonate; D008094:Lithium; D002794:Choline; D005998:Glycine