The role of newer antiglutamatergic agents as mood-stabilizers in bipolar disorder.
In bipolar patients, maintenance treatment with anticonvulsive agents is a valid alternative to lithium. These agents have widely varying mechanisms of action. Some of these medications focus on the current understanding of antiglutamatergic mechanisms of action and their treatment implications for bipolar disorders.
Abelli
Marianna
M
Department of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotechnologies, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Martini
Claudia
C
Pini
Stefano
S
Gesi
Camilla
C
Cassano
Giovanni B
GB
D000339:Affect / Q000187:drug effects*; D000818:Animals; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy*; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists