title: [Does electroencephalogram finding become a predictor of lithium response in bipolar disorder?].
abstract: To prescribe lithium appropriately to bipolar patients, detecting clinical predictors of lithium response in bipolar disorder is important. Considering all mood stabilizers except lithium are anticonvulsants, there may be some relationship between lithium response and EEG abnormalities. The present paper reviews the electroencephalogram finding as a possible predictor of lithium response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kyorin University School of Medicine, 6-20-2, Shinkawa, Mitaka, 181-8611, Japan.
authors.forename: Akifumi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Tadafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
mesh_terms: D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000187:drug effects; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008094:Lithium / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014149:Tranquilizing Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D014149:Tranquilizing Agents; D008094:Lithium