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 4 (April)

1. Signs of a higher prevalence of autoimmune thyroiditis in female offspring of bipolar parents.
   Eur Neuropsychopharmacol, 17(6): 394-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. HTR2C and HTR1A gene variants in German and Italian suicide attempters and completers.
   Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet, 144(3): 291-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Preliminary evidence for linkage to chromosome 1q31-32, 10q23.3, and 16p13.3 in a South African cohort with bipolar disorder.
   Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet, 144(3): 383-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Differential expression and parent-of-origin effect of the 5-HT2A receptor gene C102T polymorphism: analysis of suicidality in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
   Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet, 144(3): 370-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Response to SSRIs and role of the hormonal therapy in post-menopausal depression.
   Eur Neuropsychopharmacol, 17(6): 400-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Omega-3 fatty acid monotherapy for pediatric bipolar disorder: a prospective open-label trial.
   Eur Neuropsychopharmacol, 17(6): 440-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Additional support for linkage of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder to chromosome 3q29.
   Eur Neuropsychopharmacol, 17(6): 501-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Increase in GSK3beta gene copy number variation in bipolar disorder.
   Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet, 144(3): 259-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Lithium and risk for Alzheimer's disease in elderly patients with bipolar disorder.
   Br J Psychiatry, 190: 359-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Obstetrical complications in children at high risk for bipolar disorder.
    J Psychiatr Res, 41(8): 680-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Psychosocial treatments for bipolar depression: a 1-year randomized trial from the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program.
    Arch Gen Psychiatry, 64(4): 419-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Fronto-striatal overactivation in euthymic bipolar patients during an emotional go/nogo task.
    Am J Psychiatry, 164(4): 638-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Twelve-month outcome of adolescents with bipolar disorder following first hospitalization for a manic or mixed episode.
    Am J Psychiatry, 164(4): 582-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Second-generation antipsychotic agents in the treatment of acute mania: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
    Arch Gen Psychiatry, 64(4): 442-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Cognitive functioning in patients with familial bipolar I disorder and their unaffected relatives.
    Psychol Med, 37(5): 679-87. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Corpus callosum areas in first-episode patients with bipolar disorder.
    Psychol Med, 37(5): 699-704. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Genetic overlap between bipolar illness and event-related potentials.
    Psychol Med, 37(5): 667-78. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. A prospective study of dysfunctional thinking and the regulation of negative intrusive memories in bipolar 1 disorder: implications for affect regulation theory.
    Psychol Med, 37(5): 689-98. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. PP2A-Bgamma subunit and KCNQ2 K+ channels in bipolar disorder.
    Pharmacogenomics J, 7(2): 123-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Are serum lithium levels related to the polarity of recurrence in bipolar disorders? Evidence from a multicenter trial.
    Int Clin Psychopharmacol, 22(3): 125-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Effect of Topiramate on Plasma Concentrations of Clozapine, Olanzapine, Risperidone, and Quetiapine in Patients With Psychotic Disorders.
    Clin Neuropharmacol, 30(2): 107-113. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Medication adherence and the use of long-acting antipsychotics in bipolar disorder.
    J Psychiatr Pract, 13(2): 79-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Management of acute agitation in patients with bipolar disorder: efficacy and safety of intramuscular aripiprazole.
    J Clin Psychopharmacol, 27(2): 171-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Parent-of-origin effect in the segregation analysis of bipolar affective disorder families.
    Psychiatr Genet, 17(2): 93-101. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. NCAM1 association study of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia: polymorphisms and alternatively spliced isoforms lead to similarities and differences.
    Psychiatr Genet, 17(2): 55-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Analysis of U.S. trends in discharges from general hospitals for episodes of serious mental illness, 1995-2002.
    Psychiatr Serv, 58(4): 496-502. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. MTHFD 1958G>A and MTR 2756A>G polymorphisms are associated with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
    Psychiatr Genet, 17(3): 177-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Meta-analysis reveals no association of the Val66Met polymorphism of brain-derived neurotrophic factor with either schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
    Psychiatr Genet, 17(3): 165-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. The PDE4B gene confers sex-specific protection against schizophrenia.
    Psychiatr Genet, 17(3): 129-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Glutamine and glutamate levels in children and adolescents with bipolar disorder: a 4.0-T proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study of the anterior cingulate cortex.
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 46(4): 524-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Mania-like behavior induced by disruption of CLOCK.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 104(15): 6406-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Crystal structure of human myo-inositol monophosphatase 2, the product of the putative susceptibility gene for bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and febrile seizures.
    Proteins, 67(3): 732-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Psychotherapy through the phases of bipolar disorder: evidence for general efficacy and differential effects.
    J Clin Psychol, 63(5): 491-506. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Bipolar disorder: what can psychotherapists learn from the cognitive research?
    J Clin Psychol, 63(5): 425-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. What psychotherapists should know about pharmacotherapies for bipolar disorder.
    J Clin Psychol, 63(5): 475-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy: a means of improving depression and preventing relapse in bipolar disorder.
    J Clin Psychol, 63(5): 463-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Family-focused treatment for bipolar disorder in adults and youth.
    J Clin Psychol, 63(5): 433-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Bipolar disorder: causes, contexts, and treatments.
    J Clin Psychol, 63(5): 417-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. An integrative formulation-based cognitive treatment of bipolar disorders: application and illustration.
    J Clin Psychol, 63(5): 447-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Neuropsychiatric complications of traumatic brain injury: a critical review of the literature (a report by the ANPA Committee on Research).
    J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 19(2): 106-27. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Unipolar or bipolar depression? Improving diagnostic confidence with the adult patient.
    J Am Acad Nurse Pract, 19(4): 172-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. The validity and utility of patients' daily ratings of mood and impairment in clinical trials of bipolar disorder.
    Acta Psychiatr Scand, 115(5): 366-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Tranylcypromine vs. lamotrigine in the treatment of refractory bipolar depression: a failed but clinically useful study.
    Acta Psychiatr Scand, 115(5): 360-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Two case reports of oral ulcers with lamotrigine several weeks after oxcarbazepine withdrawal.
    Bipolar Disord, 9(3): 310-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Age and ratings of manic psychopathology.
    Bipolar Disord, 9(3): 301-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Lithium normalizes elevated intracellular sodium.
    Bipolar Disord, 9(3): 298-300. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Effects of mood stabilizers on the inhibition of adenylate cyclase via dopamine D(2)-like receptors.
    Bipolar Disord, 9(3): 290-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. The occurrence of cavum septi pellucidi enlargement is increased in bipolar disorder patients.
    Bipolar Disord, 9(3): 274-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Prevalence and correlates of burden among caregivers of patients with bipolar disorder enrolled in the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder.
    Bipolar Disord, 9(3): 262-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Hospitalization risks in the treatment of bipolar disorder: comparison of antipsychotic medications.
    Bipolar Disord, 9(3): 252-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Differentiating bipolar disorder in Turkish prepubertal children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
    Bipolar Disord, 9(3): 243-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Changes in insight among patients with bipolar I disorder: a 2-year prospective study.
    Bipolar Disord, 9(3): 238-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Context processing performance in bipolar disorder patients.
    Bipolar Disord, 9(3): 230-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Sensorimotor gating in manic and mixed episode bipolar disorder.
    Bipolar Disord, 9(3): 221-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. The spectrum of substance abuse in bipolar disorder: reasons for use, sensation seeking and substance sensitivity.
    Bipolar Disord, 9(3): 213-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Manic symptoms and impulsivity during bipolar depressive episodes.
    Bipolar Disord, 9(3): 206-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Anticonvulsant efficacy of valproate-like carboxylic acids: a potential target for anti-bipolar therapy.
    Bipolar Disord, 9(3): 197-205. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. The role of substance use in families' attributions and affective reactions to their relative with severe mental illness.
    J Nerv Ment Dis, 195(4): 307-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Catecholamine and Second Messenger Influences on Prefrontal Cortical Networks of "Representational Knowledge": A Rational Bridge between Genetics and the Symptoms of Mental Illness.
    Cereb Cortex. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Cognitive function in childhood and early adulthood and hospital admission for schizophrenia and bipolar disorders in Danish men born in 1953.
    Schizophr Res, 92(1): 132-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Circadian genes, rhythms and the biology of mood disorders.
    Pharmacol Ther, 114(2): 222-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Decreased expression of insulin-like growth factor binding protein 2 in the prefrontal cortex of subjects with bipolar disorder and its regulation by lithium treatment.
    Brain Res, 1147: 213-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. Bipolar and nonbipolar obsessive-compulsive disorder: a clinical exploration.
    Compr Psychiatry, 48(3): 245-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Is unipolar mania a distinct subtype?
    Compr Psychiatry, 48(3): 213-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. Association analysis of ATF4 and ATF5, genes for interacting-proteins of DISC1, in bipolar disorder.
    Neurosci Lett, 417(3): 316-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. Response and remission in adolescent mania: signal detection analyses of the young mania rating scale.
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 46(5): 628-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. Is DBS-STN appropriate to treat severe Parkinson disease in an elderly population?
    Neurology, 68(17): 1345-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. The poor prognosis of childhood-onset bipolar disorder.
    J Pediatr, 150(5): 485-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. Treatments in child and adolescent bipolar disorders.
    Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 16(3): 187-98. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. Quantification of total mitochondrial DNA and mitochondrial common deletion in the frontal cortex of patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
    J Neural Transm, 114(5): 665-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Reduced expression of human endogenous retrovirus (HERV)-W GAG protein in the cingulate gyrus and hippocampus in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression.
    J Neural Transm, 114(5): 645-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. Gene polymorphisms and behavior.
    Pediatr Blood Cancer, 48(7): 736-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. Lithium reduces tau phosphorylation but not A beta or working memory deficits in a transgenic model with both plaques and tangles.
    Am J Pathol, 170(5): 1669-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. Effectiveness of adjunctive antidepressant treatment for bipolar depression.
    N Engl J Med, 356(17): 1711-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
75. Child behavior checklist profiles of children and adolescents with and at high risk for developing bipolar disorder.
    Child Psychiatry Hum Dev, 38(1): 47-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
76. Is antipsychotic medication stigmatizing for people with mental illness?
    Int Rev Psychiatry, 19(2): 107-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
77. Comparison of two anticonvulsants in a randomized, single-blind treatment of hypomanic symptoms in patients with bipolar disorder.
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry, 41(5): 397-402. [Abstract] [Full-text]
78. CAOS contribution to understanding cultural/ethnic differences in the prevalence of bipolar affective disorder in New Zealand.
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry, 41(5): 392-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
79. Prodromal symptoms to relapse in bipolar disorder.
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry, 41(5): 385-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
80. Regional gray matter changes in bipolar disorder: a voxel-based morphometric study.
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry, 41(4): 327-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
81. Changes in brain-derived neurotrophic factor following treatment with mifepristone in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry, 41(4): 321-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
82. Gene expression profiling in Brodmann's area 46 from subjects with schizophrenia.
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry, 41(4): 308-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
83. Outcome in a specialist referral clinic for mood disorders: a qualitative and quantitative review.
    Australas Psychiatry, 15(2): 125-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
84. Clinical characteristics and health service use of veterans with comorbid bipolar disorder and PTSD.
    Psychiatr Serv, 58(5): 703-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
85. Stress and coping responses to a natural disaster in people with schizophrenia.
    Psychiatry Res, 151(1): 77-86. [Abstract] [Full-text]
86. Animal models of bipolar disorder.
    Neurosci Biobehav Rev. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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