Bipolar Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Bipolar, including details on bipolar disorder, symptoms, treatment, depression, medication.

Volume 3 (2006), Issue 4 (April)

1. Reduced Glucocorticoid Receptor alpha Expression in Mood Disorder Patients and First-Degree Relatives.
   Biol Psychiatry, 59(8): 689-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. A point mutation at the calreticulin gene core promoter conserved sequence in a case of schizophrenia.
   Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet, 141(3): 294-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Association of mitochondrial complex I subunit gene NDUFV2 at 18p11 with schizophrenia in the Japanese population.
   Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet, 141(3): 301-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Suggestive evidence for association of the circadian genes PERIOD3 and ARNTL with bipolar disorder.
   Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet, 141(3): 234-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Neuropsychological dysfunction, soft neurological signs and social disability in euthymic patients with bipolar disorder.
   Br J Psychiatry, 188: 366-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. What can we conclude from studies on psychotherapy in bipolar disorder? Invited commentary on...Cognitive-behavioural therapy for severe and recurrent bipolar disorders.
   Br J Psychiatry, 188: 321-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Cognitive-behavioural therapy for severe and recurrent bipolar disorders: randomised controlled trial.
   Br J Psychiatry, 188: 313-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Variation at the DAOA/G30 locus influences susceptibility to major mood episodes but not psychosis in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
   Arch Gen Psychiatry, 63(4): 366-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Validity of the Distinction Between Primary and Secondary Substance Use Disorder in Patients with Bipolar Disorder: Data from the First 1000 STEP-BD Participants.
   Am J Addict, 15(2): 138-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Atypical antipsychotic-induced akathisia with depression: therapeutic role of mirtazapine.
    Ann Pharmacother, 40(4): 771-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Translating research into clinical practice: critical interpretation of clinical trials in schizophrenia.
    Int Clin Psychopharmacol, 21: S1-S10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. A prospective high-risk study of the association among maternal negativity, apparent frontal lobe dysfunction, and the development of bipolar disorder.
    Dev Psychopathol, 18(2): 573-89. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Impaired cognition and decision-making in bipolar depression but no 'affective bias' evident.
    Psychol Med, 36(5): 629-39. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. A prospective study of the transition rates of subthreshold (hypo)mania and depression in the general population.
    Psychol Med, 36(5): 619-27. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Structural brain correlates of IQ changes in bipolar disorder.
    Psychol Med, 36(5): 609-18. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. In this issue.
    Psychol Med, 36(5): 573-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. The extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathway: an emerging promising target for mood stabilizers.
    Curr Opin Psychiatry, 19(3): 313-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Cannabidiol, a Cannabis sativa constituent, as an antipsychotic drug.
    Braz J Med Biol Res, 39(4): 421-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Safety and tolerability of mood-stabilising anticonvulsants in the elderly.
    Expert Opin Drug Saf, 5(3): 401-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Neurocognition as a stable endophenotype in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
    J Nerv Ment Dis, 194(4): 255-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Comorbid medical and psychiatric conditions and substance abuse in HCV infected persons on dialysis.
    J Hepatol, 44(5): 864-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Is Competition between Li(+) and Mg(2+) the Underlying Theme in the Proposed Mechanisms for the Pharmacological Action of Lithium Salts in Bipolar Disorder?
    Acc Chem Res, 39(4): 283-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Cognitive compromise in bipolar disorder with chronic cannabis use: cause or consequence?
    Expert Rev Neurother, 6(4): 591-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Biosynthesis of dermatan sulfate: chondroitin-glucuronate C5-epimerase is identical to SART2.
    J Biol Chem, 281(17): 11560-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Cognitive functioning in bipolar patients receiving lamotrigine: preliminary results.
    J Clin Psychopharmacol, 26(2): 178-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Social anxiety disorder comorbidity in patients with bipolar disorder: A clinical replication.
    J Anxiety Disord. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Neural stem cell proliferation is decreased in schizophrenia, but not in depression.
    Mol Psychiatry, 11(5): 514-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor is decreased in bipolar disorder during depressive and manic episodes.
    Neurosci Lett, 398(3): 215-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. XBP1 induces WFS1 through an endoplasmic reticulum stress response element-like motif in SH-SY5Y cells.
    J Neurochem, 97(2): 545-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Use of phenotypic covariates in association analysis by sequential addition of cases.
    Eur J Hum Genet, 14(5): 529-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Clinical outcome in patients with bipolar I disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder or both.
    Hum Psychopharmacol, 21(3): 189-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Comparisons of perceived quality of life across clinical states in bipolar disorder: data from the first 2000 Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder (STEP-BD) participants.
    Compr Psychiatry, 47(3): 161-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. The role of quetiapine in the treatment of bipolar disorder.
    Expert Opin Pharmacother, 7(7): 929-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Lack of pharmacokinetic interaction between lamotrigine and olanzapine in healthy volunteers.
    Pharmacotherapy, 26(5): 627-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Lamotrigine-associated anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome in bipolar disorder.
    Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry, 30(4): 741-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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