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 4 (2007), Issue 11 (November)

1. Medication patterns and costs associated with olanzapine and other atypical antipsychotics in the treatment of bipolar disorder.
   Curr Med Res Opin, 23(11): 2805-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Lateralization of hand skill in bipolar affective disorder.
   Genes Brain Behav, 6(8): 698-705. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Deconstruction of vulnerability to complex diseases: enhanced effect sizes and power of intermediate phenotypes.
   ScientificWorldJournal, 7: 124-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. One-year incidence rates of tardive dyskinesia in children and adolescents treated with second-generation antipsychotics: a systematic review.
   J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol, 17(5): 647-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Executive function and employment status among veterans with bipolar disorder.
   Psychiatr Serv, 58(11): 1441-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Lithium inhibits function of voltage-dependent sodium channels and catecholamine secretion independent of glycogen synthase kinase-3 in adrenal chromaffin cells.
   Neuropharmacology, 53(7): 881-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Changes in regional cerebral blood flow demonstrated by (99m)Tc-HMPAO SPECT in euthymic bipolar patients.
   Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Measured and expected resting energy expenditure in patients with bipolar disorder on maintenance treatment.
   Bipolar Disord, 9(7): 784-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Effects of psychotropics on glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in a cohort of bipolar patients.
   Bipolar Disord, 9(7): 772-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Human MIP synthase splice variants in bipolar disorder.
    Bipolar Disord, 9(7): 766-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Plasma free polyunsaturated fatty acid levels are associated with symptom severity in acute mania.
    Bipolar Disord, 9(7): 759-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. An imbalance in the production of IL-1beta and IL-6 by monocytes of bipolar patients: restoration by lithium treatment.
    Bipolar Disord, 9(7): 743-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Bipolar obsessive-compulsive disorder and personality disorders.
    Bipolar Disord, 9(7): 722-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Social phobia is associated with suicide attempt history in bipolar inpatients.
    Bipolar Disord, 9(7): 713-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. No evidence for physical anhedonia as a candidate symptom or an endophenotype in bipolar affective disorder.
    Bipolar Disord, 9(7): 706-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Early age at onset of bipolar disorder is associated with more severe clinical features but delayed treatment seeking.
    Bipolar Disord, 9(7): 698-705. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. A magnetic resonance imaging study of mood stabilizer- and neuroleptic-naïve first-episode mania.
    Bipolar Disord, 9(7): 693-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Neural activation during encoding of emotional faces in pediatric bipolar disorder.
    Bipolar Disord, 9(7): 679-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Setting the stage: from prodrome to treatment resistance in bipolar disorder.
    Bipolar Disord, 9(7): 671-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Stability and course of neuropsychological deficits in manic and depressed bipolar patients compared to patients with Major Depression.
    J Affect Disord, 104(1): 61-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Prophylactic treatment response in bipolar disorder: results of a naturalistic observation study.
    J Affect Disord, 104(1): 185-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Imbalance between pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in bipolar disorder.
    J Affect Disord, 104(1): 91-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Does first episode polarity predict risk for suicide attempt in bipolar disorder?
    J Affect Disord, 104(1): 245-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Anatomic brain magnetic resonance imaging of the basal ganglia in pediatric bipolar disorder.
    J Affect Disord, 104(1): 147-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Effect of comorbid anxiety on treatment response in bipolar depression.
    J Affect Disord, 104(1): 137-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Preschool Bipolar Disorder: Brazilian children case reports.
    J Affect Disord, 104(1): 237-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Gene interactions in depression: pathways out of darkness.
    Trends Genet, 23(11): 547-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Gender differences in DUI offenders in treatment in Texas.
    Traffic Inj Prev, 8(4): 353-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Response to lithium augmentation in depression is associated with the glycogen synthase kinase 3-beta -50T/C single nucleotide polymorphism.
    Biol Psychiatry, 62(11): 1295-302. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Increased levels of glutamate in brains from patients with mood disorders.
    Biol Psychiatry, 62(11): 1310-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. In vivo evidence for early neurodevelopmental anomaly of the anterior cingulate cortex in bipolar disorder.
    Acta Psychiatr Scand, 116(6): 467-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Suicide candidate genes associated with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia: An exploratory gene expression profiling analysis of post-mortem prefrontal cortex.
    BMC Genomics, 8(1): 413. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Cognitive impairment in schizoaffective disorder: a comparison with non-psychotic bipolar and healthy subjects.
    Acta Psychiatr Scand, 116(6): 453-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Suicidal risks among 2826 Sardinian major affective disorder patients.
    Acta Psychiatr Scand, 116(6): 419-28. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Decreased protein kinase C (PKC) in platelets of pediatric bipolar patients: effect of treatment with mood stabilizing drugs.
    J Psychiatr Res, 42(2): 106-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Bilateral hippocampal volume increases after long-term lithium treatment in patients with bipolar disorder: a longitudinal MRI study.
    Psychopharmacology (Berl), 195(3): 357-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Stage II follow-up on a linkage scan for bipolar disorder in the Ashkenazim provides suggestive evidence for chromosome 12p and the GRIN2B gene.
    Genet Med, 9(11): 745-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Do cognitive deficits in juvenile bipolar disorder persist into adulthood?
    J Nerv Ment Dis, 195(11): 891-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Polymorphisms in the homeobox gene OTX2 may be a risk factor for bipolar disorder.
    Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet, 144(8): 1083-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Chasing genes for mood disorders and schizophrenia in genetically isolated populations.
    Hum Mutat, 28(12): 1156-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Dorsolateral prefrontal N-acetyl-aspartate concentration in male patients with chronic schizophrenia and with chronic bipolar disorder.
    Eur Psychiatry, 22(8): 505-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Elevated GRIA1 mRNA expression in Layer II/III and V pyramidal cells of the DLPFC in schizophrenia.
    Schizophr Res, 97(1): 277-88. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. The influence of gender, patient volume and time on clinical diagnostic decision making in psychiatric emergency services.
    Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 29(6): 481-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Divalproex sodium vs. valproic acid: drug utilization patterns, persistence rates and predictors of hospitalization among VA patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
    J Clin Pharm Ther, 32(6): 625-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Combinations of DSM-IV-TR criteria sets for bipolar disorders.
    Psychopathology, 41(1): 35-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Polypharmacy in pregnant women with major psychiatric illness: a pilot study.
    J Psychiatr Pract, 13(6): 385-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Continuous distribution of atypical depressive symptoms between major depressive and bipolar II disorders: dose-response relationship with bipolar family history.
    Psychopathology, 41(1): 39-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Women, anxiety and mood: a review of nomenclature, comorbidity and epidemiology.
    Expert Rev Neurother, 7(11): S45-58. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Cellular plasticity cascades in the pathophysiology and treatment of bipolar disorder.
    Neuropsychopharmacology, 33(1): 110-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Treatment of bipolar disorder: the evolving role of atypical antipsychotics.
    Am J Manag Care, 13(7): S178-88. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Quality of diabetes care in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: cross-sectional study.
    Diabet Med, 24(12): 1442-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Methylphenidate in the treatment of children and adolescents with bipolar disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 46(11): 1445-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Initiation and use of public mental health services by persons with severe mental illness and limited english proficiency.
    Psychiatr Serv, 58(12): 1555-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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